Development of a Molecular Snail Xenomonitoring Assay to Detect Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis Infections in their Bulinus Snail Hosts

Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease of medical and veterinary importance, transmitted through specific freshwater snail intermediate hosts, is targeted for elimination in several endemic regions in sub-Saharan Africa.Multi-disciplinary methods are required for both human and environmental diagnostics to certify schistosomiasis elimination

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Strategies supporting the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases represent a public health challenge of international concern.They include a large group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), many of which are of zoonotic nature.Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), another emerging zoonotic disease, has just increased the stakes exponentially.Most NTDs are subj

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