Rapid diagnostic assay distinguishing the snail vectors Bulinus globosus and Bulinus nasutus for urogenital schistosomiasis transmission risk mapping in East Africa

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Schistosoma haematobium larva FTA-to-WGS. This protocol describes the isolation of individual schistos. Read full protocol, steps, and materials on protocols.io

Creation of germline-edited vector snails is a key advance in efforts to combat schistosomiasis.

Author summary Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that affects hundreds of millions of people, especially in regions with limited access to clean water. To complete its life cycle, the parasite mu...

Schistosome exposure and diet induced effects on candidate immune gene expression in an African snail vector - Volume 99

The Anthropic Principle explains certain observations about the physical world: that we could not be here observing them if things were otherwise. Several different related concepts have been calle…

We are seeking to hire a Research Fellow to join a recently funded exciting EDCTP clinical trials group for the next 3-4 years involving 5 sub-Saharan African partners and 5 European partners aiming t...

A new polar project compared samples with those collected more than a century ago by by Scott, along with voyages led by Shackleton and Borchgrevink

Over 700 million people are at risk of contracting schistosomiasis due to regular exposure to freshwater sources where infected snails, the obligate intermediate hosts of schistosomes, are endemic. Al...

A genome wide association study of an African vector of schistosomiasis revealed two genomic regions associated with resistance to Schistosoma mansoni. These findings will inform novel control strateg...

Science+ meeting organised by Professor J Russell Stohard, Professor Janelisa Musaya, Dr Alexandra Juhasz, and Dr Lucas Cunningham

Our pilot parasitological investigation of cattle, supplemented with molecular DNA characterisation of encountered schistosomes, sheds first light upon bovine schistosomiasis on Unguja Island, Zanziba...

We invite applications for an endowed professorship, the Robert L. Rausch Chair of Parasitology. The Chair will be an Assistant or Associate Professor...

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