Detecting, diagnosing and disrupting schistosomiasis.

淡水蜗牛释放的血吸虫会引起人类血吸虫病。目前还没有检测血吸虫/蜗牛环境特征的灵敏诊断方法，但这将改变我们在资源贫乏地区指导干预措施的能力。我们的寄生虫学家、工程师和CASE技术专家团队将带来互补的技能，共同开发一种急需的方法来检测血吸虫/蜗牛和控制血吸虫病。我们的OneZoo博士生和监督团队将共同创建一个研究计划，专注于开发低成本的分子方法来检测血吸虫病，包括对中间钉螺宿主的环境检测、改进现有的临床诊断和战略性部署WASH计划以阻断疾病传播。开发一种用于检测血吸虫/钉螺环境特征的灵敏和快速诊断方法代表着血吸虫病控制的迫切但尚未得到满足的医学需求。

Schistosomes released by freshwater snails cause human schistosomiasis. Sensitive diagnostics for detecting schistosome/snail environmental signatures are not currently available but would transform our ability to direct interventions in resource-poor areas. Our team of parasitologists, engineers and CASEtechnologists bring complementary skills to co-develop a much-needed method for detecting schistosomes/snails and controlling schistosomiasis.Our OneZoo PhD student and supervisory team will co-create a research programme focussing on the development of low-cost molecular approaches to detect schistosomiasis, including environmental detection of the intermediate snail host, improvement of existing clinical diagnostics and strategic deployment of WASH initiatives to disrupt disease transmission. Developing a sensitive and rapid diagnostic for detecting schistosome/snail environmental signatures represents a pressing, but unmet, medical need for schistosomiasis control.