Urban Schistosomiasis Persists in Salvador, Brazil, but Falls Sharply Over 13 Years
A 13-year longitudinal study in Salvador, Brazil, found that urban Schistosoma mansoni transmission is largely local and that community-wide prevalence ...
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Liposomal DNA formulation shifts immune responses in schistosomiasis mouse study
A liposome-complexed IPSE/α-1 DNA construct altered circulating IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-10 in mice, but the study did not establish antigen-specific ...
Reanalysis links two snail gene regions to schistosome resistance
A reanalysis of an older genome-wide association study linked two genomic regions in Biomphalaria glabrata snails to resistance against Schistosoma ...
Cross-sectional survey of 208 children finds higher schistosomiasis prevalence in Chongwe
A cross-sectional study of 208 school-age children found significantly higher detected urogenital schistosomiasis prevalence in Chongwe than in Kafue, Zambia, ...
AI Reads Liver Scans to Tell Hepatitis B Cirrhosis Apart from Schistosomiasis
A multicenter Chinese study shows that a machine-learning radiomics model built from routine non-contrast CT scans, combined with clinical features, ...
Brazil’s Silent Battle Against Barriga d’Água: Why Schistosomiasis Refuses to Disappear
A new review reveals that Brazil's schistosomiasis burden is shifting toward aging chronic patients and entrenched transmission pockets, demanding integrated ...
Frozen or Chilled? Study Maps How Urine Storage Shapes a Key Schistosomiasis Test
A field study on Pemba Island, Tanzania, shows that freezing urine slightly reduces detection of the schistosomiasis antigen CAA near ...
How Parasitic Worms’ Brain Chemistry Could Yield the Next Generation of Worm-Killing Drugs
A new perspective proposes a pathway-to-phenotype framework for mapping bioaminergic GPCR signaling in parasitic flatworms, aiming to turn neurotransmitter biology ...
Standard Genetic Tests Misread Hybridization Between Human and Livestock Schistosomes
Whole-genome sequencing of Nigerian schistosomes shows that the ITS and cox1 markers long used to identify hybridization and zoonotic infection ...
In Brazil’s Leprosy Heartland, a Hidden Web of Neglected Infections Comes to Light
A cross-sectional study of 1,311 people in Minas Gerais, Brazil, reveals a heavy overlapping burden of leprosy exposure and parasitic ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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