Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 million with schistosomiasis, the majority live in Africa— where millions of people are simultaneously infected with both diseases. Now, ...

1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH–4002, Basel, Switzerland 2 University of Basel, P.O. Box, CH–4003, Basel, Switzerland This work ...

Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 million with schistosomiasis, the majority live in Africa -- where millions of people are simultaneously infected with both diseases. Now, ...

Provision of a snack before mass treatment of schistosomiasis with praziquantel leads to increased uptake of treatment in school-aged children in Uganda, according to a new study. Scientists found ...

Schistosomiasis or bilharzia, is a common parasitic disease which can cause bladder dysfunction and hematuria, and even correlate with bladder cancer and increase HIV susceptibility with urogenital ...

After malaria, human schistosomiasis is the parasitic disease with the highest morbidity and mortality worldwide. An estimated 236 million people are infected. Most are in sub-Saharan Africa.

About one billion people worldwide are at risk for schistosomiasis -- a debilitating disease caused by parasitic worms that live in fresh water and in intermediate snail hosts. A new study finds that ...

When Dr. Isaac Chikwanha was a kid in Zimbabwe, he got schistosomiasis. At the time, he didn't think about the cause of this parasitic disease: a worm that penetrates your skin and takes up residence ...

When it rains in Kabale, Tanzania, Angel Michael worries for her children. Every splash through the rice field puddles carries risk of schistosomiasis, a disease transmitted through parasitic worms ...

What is schistosomiasis and how many people is it thought to affect each year? Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease, sometimes called bilharzia or snail fever. The disease impacts a huge number of ...