ReviewInfectious diseases of poverty2018
Differentiating snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma spp. using molecular approaches: fundamental to successful integrated control mechanism in Africa.
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- A reservoir at the gates: nonhuman mammalian hosts for human schistosomiasis in western Africa and the critical challenge for elimination.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and Associated Factor ofHealth science reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Schistosoma bovis and Schistosoma haematobium hybrids in endemic communities in Ghana.PloS one · 2026Article
- Distribution of urinary schistosomiasis and associated risk factors among school-age children in Kwara State, Nigeria.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2025Article
- Urogenital schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in the lake zones of Kankossa and Oued Rawdha, southern Mauritania: The first parasitological and malacological survey.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Human-water interactions associated to cercarial emergence pattern and their influences on urinary schistosomiasis transmission in two endemic areas in Mali.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2024Article
- Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry traces the geographical source of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Bulinus forskalii, involved in schistosomiasis transmission.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2024Article
- Prevalence and factors associated withPeerJ · 2024Article
- Status Quo and Future Perspectives of Molecular and Genomic Studies on the GenusInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Ethnobotanical Survey and Cercaricidal Activity Screening of Medicinal Plants Used for Schistosomiasis Treatment in Atwima-Nwabiagya District, Ashanti Region, Ghana.Journal of parasitology research · 2023Article
- Distribution and seasonal abundance of Biomphalaria snails and their infection status with Schistosoma mansoni in and around Lake Tana, northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Urinary Schistosomiasis among Primary School Pupils in the Jidawa and Zobiya Communities of Jigawa State, Nigeria.Annals of global health · 2022Article
- MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the identification of freshwater snails from Senegal, including intermediate hosts of schistosomes.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Will Nigerians Win the War Against Urinary Schistosomiasis? Prevalence, Intensity, Risk Factors and Knowledge Assessment among Some Rural Communities in Southwestern Nigeria.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Checklist of the fresh and brackish water snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Bénin and adjacent West African ecoregions.ZooKeys · 2020Article
- Prevalence ofJournal of tropical medicine · 2020Review
- Schistosomiasis: Life Cycle, Diagnosis, and Control.Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2019Review
- Phylogeography ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2018Article
- Isolation ofIranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSnail intermediate hosts play active roles in the transmission of snail-borne trematode infections in Africa. A good knowledge of snail-borne diseases epidemiology particularly snail intermediate host populations would provide the necessary impetus to complementing existing control strategy. MAIN BODY: This review highlights the importance of molecular approaches in differentiating snail hosts population structure and the need to provide adequate information on snail host populations by updating snail hosts genome database for Africa, in order to equip different stakeholders with adequate information on the ecology of snail intermediate hosts and their roles in the transmission of different diseases. Also, we identify the gaps and areas where there is need for urgent intervention to facilitate effective integrated control of schistosomiasis and other snail-borne trematode infections.
conclusionsPrioritizing snail studies, especially snail differentiation using molecular tools will boost disease surveillance and also enhance efficient schistosomaisis control programme in Africa.
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