Researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research have listed ways Nigerians could break the transmission of some ...

Researchers at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) have reported a surge in soil-transmitted helminth infections (commonly known as worms) among children in urban slums, warning of ...

A new study finds that Schistosoma haematobium infection, and its treatment, can activate cancer-related genes in the cervix, ...

Despite this vast population, bladder cancer burden in Africa is not currently well characterized, in part due to lack of data on incidence, prevalence and mortality ... risk factors in SSA countries ...

Since 1995, he has been conducting research on the spatial-temporal modelling of the transmission of diseases such as schistosomiasis ... specifically in the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases ...

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 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 by ...

S Knopp acknowledges additional financial support from the Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (sub-award no. RR374-053/4893196). The research of K. Ingram and J ...