New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis - a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

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.

New research has revealed that Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium), a parasitic infection affecting millions globally, ...

A newly presented study has uncovered troubling molecular changes in the cervix associated with a common parasitic infection, ...

Researchers have found that Schistosoma haematobium may increase cervical cancer risk by altering gene activity, even after ...

Schistosoma haematobium, responsible for urogenital schistosomiasis, affects more than 110 million people worldwide.

A groundbreaking study presented at the ESCMID Global 2025 conference in Austria has revealed that Schistosoma haematobium—a ...

目前，吡喹酮（Praziquantel）是治疗血吸虫病的主要药物，但由于广泛的单一疗法使用，已出现耐药性。奥沙尼喹（Oxamniquine，OXA）曾是主要的抗血吸虫药物，因其具有物种特异性活性且出现耐药性，逐渐被吡喹酮取代。OXA 的激活依赖于 PAPS 依赖的磺基转移酶（SULT），不同血吸虫物种的 SULT 序列存在差异，对 OXA 的反应也不同。为了深入了解 OXA ...

Research at ESCMID Global 2025 links Schistosoma haematobium to increased cervical cancer risk post-treatment. Study led by ...

New research suggests that an “often-overlooked” parasitic infection, already linked to bladder cancer, may also raise the risk of cervical cancer.

haematobium and others not. The infected women were treated with praziquantel, a drug that kills the adult worms, and samples ...