Detecting, diagnosing and disrupting schistosomiasis.

淡水蜗牛释放的血吸虫引起人类血吸虫病。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的能力。我们的寄生虫学家、工程师和个案技术专家团队带来互补的技能，共同开发一种急需的检测血吸虫/蜗牛和控制血吸虫病的方法。我们的OneZoo博士生和指导团队将共同创建一个研究项目，重点是开发低成本的分子方法来检测血吸虫病，包括对中间蜗牛宿主的环境检测，改进现有的临床诊断和战略部署WASH计划，以破坏疾病传播。开发一种灵敏和快速的诊断方法来检测血吸虫/蜗牛的环境特征，代表了血吸虫病控制的迫切但尚未得到满足的医疗需求。

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.