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 ...

Learn how often do I give my cat Drontal worming tablets with our comprehensive guide. Get the facts on dosage and ...

Watch out for salad lunches that you are ordering at this time of the year, when water-borne diseases are at their peak. You ...

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

Praziquantel (PZQ) is currently the only drug widely used for the treatment of schistosomiasis, but the antimalarial drug mefloquine (Mef) possesses interesting antischistosomal properties.

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 ...