Urogenital schistosomiasis, caused by infection with Schistosoma haematobium, is widespread and causes substantial morbidity on the African continent.The infection has been suggested as an unrecognized risk factor for incident HIV infection.Current guidelines recommend preventive chemotherapy, using praziquantel as a public health tool, to avert mo

Abstract Mediterranean agroecosystems are under increasing pressures by extreme weather events, which together with poor livestock grazing management bring the already degraded lands closer to desertification.To address these challenges, we develop a decision support manual for sustainable management of degraded lands based on local plant and anima

Summary: Trypanosoma brucei evades mammalian immunity by using recombination to switch its surface-expressed variant surface glycoprotein (VSG), while ensuring that only one of many subtelomeric multigene VSG expression sites are transcribed at a time.DNA repair activities have been implicated in the catalysis of VSG switching by recombination, not

Oral lichen planus (OLP) Storage Mirrors is a chronic autoimmune cell-mediated disease affecting mucocotaneous tissues of oral cavity.Recent studies revealed that psychological stress may act as a trigger to initiate clinical symptoms.An 8-year-old girl complaining of oral ulcer, pain and irritation in mouth with onset of 3 months ago, was admitted