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Researchers uncover novel targets for treatment of schistosomiasis

Researchers uncover novel targets for treatment of schistosomiasis

The worms that cause schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni) are unusual in several ways, especially the incontrovertible fact that female and male adults must stay paired together throughout their lives for replica to achieve success. Females may produce as many as 3,000 eggs per day. Roughly half reach the host’s gut or bladder. The remaining are swept […]