The symptoms Loza describes align with those recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as signs of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). In the first instalment, we examined what FGS is and ...

The symptoms Loza describes align with those recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as signs of female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). In the first instalment, we examined what FGS is and ...

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Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good ...

Praziquantel is sold in large tablets that are difficult to swallow, especially for children and pets such as cats and dogs, which are also colonized by helminths and require preventive treatment. The ...

There is a treatment, praziquantel, a drug that paralyses the worms, but access is critically limited in the countries hit hardest. The 5 'mistakes' putting you at risk of worms.. Dr Angad Dhillon ...

"The drug praziquantel continues to be effective against schistosome worms, but it does not prevent reinfection," she said. "And while several vaccine candidates have been tested, none have shown ...

Reported number of countries (within bars) and people treated with praziquantel (above bars) against schistosomiasis since 1988 and projections for 2018.

haematobium and others not. The infected women were treated with praziquantel, a drug that kills the adult worms, and samples were taken before and 4 to 12 months after treatment. By studying the ...

haematobium and others not. The infected women were treated with praziquantel, a drug that kills the adult worms, and samples were taken before and 4 to 12 months after treatment. By studying the ...

haematobium infection. Infected women received praziquantel treatment, and samples were collected at baseline and 4-12 months post-treatment. Through RNA sequencing and gene expression analysis ...