Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, remains a significant public health challenge in Ghana, affecting millions of people, particularly school-aged children.Dr. Enoch Mensah Boateng, a renowned ...

Also known as bilharzia, schistosomiasis is caused by parasitic flatworms (schistosomes) that live in the blood vessels of a vertebrate host. The complex life cycle of Schistosoma also involves an ...

Parasitology, 141 (14) : 1947 - 1961. doi: 10.1017/s0031182014001152 Allan F, Dunn AM, Emery AM, Stothard JR, Johnston DA, Kane RA, Khamis AN, Mohammed KA, Rollinson D (2013) Use of sentinel snails ...