An experimental drug shows potential against schistosomiasis, a scourge that infects millions of people throughout the tropics. Tests in mice suggest that the drug might complement the sole effective treatment currently used to fight this disease.
Schistosomes are blood flukes, or flatworms, that infect people through the skin during the parasite’s waterborne larval stage.
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