A systematic literature review of schistosomiasis in urban and peri-urban settings.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Katharina Klohe, Benjamin G Koudou, Alan Fenwick, Fiona Fleming, Amadou Garba, Anouk Gouvras, Emma M Harding-Esch, Stefanie Knopp, David Molyneux, Susan D'Souza, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou, Johannes Waltz, Yaobi Zhang, David Rollinson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Prisma
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008995; https://doaj.org/article/67e246eacc8b4c3ba6f9fe1b5c7f9dd6

Background Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma and belongs to the neglected tropical diseases. The disease has been reported in 78 countries, with around 290.8 million people in need of treatment in 2018. Schistosomiasis is predominantly consider...