Hydra at 21, key to the door for helminth researchers

This model, which mimics soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans and livestock, offers evidence of how diet and the gut microbiota impact infection and immunity, from the wild to the lab.

This model, which mimics soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans and livestock, offers evidence of how diet and the gut microbiota impact infection and immunity, from the wild to the lab.

Interspecific hybridization between trematode parasites poses serious health risks to humans. Many systems have shown possible hybridization between different schistosome species.

Malaria, anemia and malnutrition are global health challenges with significant morbidity and mortality, with higher rates among children particularly in Africa. Recently there has been displacement of over a million people due to different crisis in Nigeria.

Malaria remains a public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prompt diagnosis and effective treatment are important in reducing morbidity and mortality associated with malaria especially among high-risk groups.

Schistosomiasis is the most important water impounding disease and one of the diseases classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as neglected. It is the second most prevalent tropical disease in its public health implications.

Schistosomiasis is a major health problem in Africa. Urinary schistosomiasis is endemic in 44 African countries including Nigeria with an estimated population of 101.28 million people who are at risk with 25.83 million persons infected