The stakes are high: more than 70 countries affected by schistosomiasis rely heavily on praziquantel, which usually works after just one dose and against all species of schistosome worms. (newscientist.com)
Researchers at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) have uncovered a mechanism that may help explain the severe forms of schistosomiasis, or snail fever, which is caused by schistosome worms and is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in the world. (sciencedaily.com)
As we learn more about how schistosomes infect their hosts and reproduce inside them, we hope to devise new strategies for controlling these devastating parasites that infect hundreds of millions of people in the developing world. (morgridge.org)