More than 230 million people are infected and 600 million are at risk of infection with schistosomiasis, which ranks top in terms of disability-adjusted life years (3.3 million DALYs) among neglected tropical diseases. Over 90 percent of those requiring treatment for schistosomiasis live in Africa, where both intestinal and urinary [...]

Each year, over 200 million people worldwide contract malaria. The malaria pathogens, called plasmodia, are transmitted by mosquitoes and pass through different stages of development in the liver and red blood cells. Humans develop immunity against the disease after having been routinely exposed to the disease. This immunity is characterised [...]