It is time to raise global awareness to the possibility of schistosomiasis elimination and to
support endemic countries in their quest to determine the most appropriate approaches to …

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by blood flukes (genus Schistosoma;
schistosomes) and affecting 200 million people worldwide 1 . No vaccines are available, …

Background Soil-transmitted helminth infections are common throughout the tropics and
subtropics and they disproportionately affect the poorest of the poor. In view of a growing global …

Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma
mansoni. With the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global …

The design of a hyper-redundant serial-linkage snake robot is the focus of this paper. The
snake, which consists of many fully enclosed actuators, incorporates a modular architecture. In …

Background Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease endemic in several tropical
and subtropical countries. However, in the summer of 2013, an unexpected outbreak of …

The schistosomes are among the most significant parasites of humans in the developing
world. The disease they cause, schistosomiasis, is second only to malaria in public health …

Schistosomiasis is a disease of great medical and veterinary importance in tropical and
subtropical regions, caused by parasitic flatworms of the genus Schistosoma (subclass Digenea)…

Schistosomiasis is a water borne parasitic disease of global importance and with ongoing
control the disease endemic landscape is changing. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, the …

Background Schistosomes are dioecious parasitic flatworms, which live in the vasculature
of their mammalian definitive hosts. They are the causative agent of schistosomiasis, a …