snail intermediate hosts and related material for schistosomiasis research. SSR is a collaboration between the Natural History Museum and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The squishy little parasites are less than an inch long, but they cause a globe-girdling disease variously known as schistosomiasis, bilharziasis, or simply snail fever. The more man does to ...

Freshwater snails carry different types of parasites, which lead to different diseases, and one of the most dangerous is ...

In a quiet corner of the Museum’s basement, a genetic archive of parasite and snail samples is supporting ground-breaking research into schistosomiasis, a disease that affects over 250 million people ...

Texas Biomed Staff Scientists Winka Le Clec’h, Frédéric Chevalier and Professor Tim Anderson check on snails that are a vector for the parasites that cause schistosomiasis. The Anderson lab ...

By Sharon AtienoOf the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affecting the African continent, Schistosomiasis, also known as Bilharzia, remains a significant public health challenge endemic in more than ...