Resources

Here is your one-stop-shop for resources on schistosomiasis.

The first section of the page highlights the three most recently added resources. The second section of this webpage is a searchable collection of resources. You can search this collection by:

  • using a keyword (e.g. WHO, research, snails) 
  • choosing from a dropdown menu list of themed Tags (Implementation, Behaviour Change, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation etc)
  • choosing from a dropdown menu list of Resource type (e.g. toolkits & guides, research article, strategy document, video etc)

And you can refine your search by Year.

We hope you find this useful. If you have any suggestions for useful resources that should be on this list please contact us by email: anouk [dot] gouvras [at] eliminateschisto [dot] org

 

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Latest Resourses

27 Jun 2019

Ancient hybridization and adaptive introgression of an invadolysin gene in schistosome parasites

Introgression among parasite species has the potential to transfer traits of biomedical importance across species boundaries. Findings from this study suggest that S. bovis/S. haematobium hybridization occurs rarely, but demonstrate profound consequences of ancient introgression from a livestock parasite into the genome of S. haematobium, the most prevalent schistosome species infecting humans.

Molecular Biology and Evolution
Peer-reviewed article
26 June 2019

Evaluation of integrated interventions layered on mass drug administration for urogenital schistosomiasis elimination: a cluster-randomised trial

Evaluation of  a 5-year cluster-randomised trial to assess the effect of different interventions for elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis as a public health problem and interruption of transmission. This study aimed to assess biannual MDA applied alone or with complementary snail control or behaviour change interventions for the reduction of Schistosoma haematobium prevalence and infection intensity in children from Zanzibar and to compare the effect between the clusters. The trial showed that biannual MDA applied alone or in combination with snail control or behaviour change activities can substantially reduce the overall Schistosoma haematobium prevalence and infection intensity. Urogenital schistosomiasis was eliminated as a public health problem from Zanzibar in more than 90% of the shehias included in the study, but transmission is not yet interrupted and reinfection occurs.

The Lancet
Peer-reviewed article