Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme show schistosome parasites are ...

When Dr. Isaac Chikwanha was a kid in Zimbabwe, he got schistosomiasis. At the time, he didn't think about the cause of this parasitic disease: a worm that penetrates your skin and takes up residence ...

New research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) warns that hybrid forms of the parasites that cause ...

Members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) may avail of benefits of up to almost PHP30,000 for the ...

As a medical student looking for a research project, Nathan Lo, MD, PhD, stumbled across schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm disease that infects people in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and South America ...

The worms that cause schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni) are unusual in several ways, especially the fact that male and female adults must stay paired together throughout their lives for ...

We feel safe,” he said, crediting a China-aided schistosomiasis control project jointly implemented with the World Health ...

Schistosomiasis, a waterborne parasitic disease, has long burdened Zanzibar, particularly rural areas, where residents relied on rivers and unsafe wells, exposing themselves to infection. Mothers like ...

The pills for adults and school-aged kids aren't the right dose for preschoolers. Plus they taste bad. Now there's a new pill for little ones —... A new pill cures preschoolers of a parasitic worm.