New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis — a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm — have been revealed by ...

NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasomes exacerbate the pathogenic Th17 cell response to eggs of the helminth Schistosoma mansoni. PLOS Pathogens , 2025; 21 (3): e1012108 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012108 ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis - a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm - have been revealed by ...

S Knopp acknowledges additional financial support from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (sub-award no. RR374-053/4893196). The research of K. Ingram and J ...

Stool samples were evaluated for Clostridium difficile infection, chronic or helminthic infections such as strongyloidiasis and schistosomiasis, and dengue virus infection. Shigellosis is an acute ...

Healio will have live coverage of this year’s ESCMID Global, one of the largest medical conferences dedicated to infectious diseases and clinical microbiology in the world. Clinical Infectious ...

Schistosomiasis, second only to malaria, poses a significant threat to many regions worldwide, particularly tropical and subtropical areas. The Philippines, located in a tropical region, has long ...

Schistosoma haematobium, a flatworm that lives in freshwater and can penetrate the skin, is already known to raise bladder cancer risk.Now, research presented April 12 at ESCMID Global 2025 — an ...