Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Park Road, Chakh Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, 23119, Elazig, Turkey.
Mini Rev Med Chem. 2020;20(12):1118-1132. doi: 10.2174/1389557520666200204114646.
Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease caused by a trematode blood fluke of the genus Schistosoma that belongs to the Schistosomatidae family. It is a neglected disease in different regions of Asia. In this review, 218 articles (between 2000 and 2017) related to the topic were collected from PubMed and Google scholar and reviewed. After thoroughly reading collected articles, due to irrelevant topic requirements, 94 articles were excluded. Articles that have data associated with Asian regions are considered. In Asia, the disease is prevalent in China, Philippines, Indonesia, Yemen, Nepal and Laos, etc. While in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, the disease is not endemic and very few cases were reported. The disease was eliminated from Japan and Iran. The current review highlights the geographical distribution among Asian countries, transmission patterns, diagnosis, control strategies based on the use of anthelmintic plants and management practices implemented in Asia for the control of schistosomiasis. However, new implementations to treat schistosomiasis in humans should be proved to eliminate the disease finally in the future. This review emphasizes the biological control of schistosomiasis for the eradication of the disease from Asia in the near future.
血吸虫病是一种由血吸虫属的吸虫引起的慢性寄生虫病，属于血吸虫科。它是亚洲不同地区被忽视的疾病。在本次综述中，从 PubMed 和 Google Scholar 收集了 218 篇（2000 年至 2017 年）与该主题相关的文章，并进行了综述。在仔细阅读收集的文章后，由于与主题无关，排除了 94 篇文章。考虑了与亚洲地区相关数据的文章。在亚洲，该病流行于中国、菲律宾、印度尼西亚、也门、尼泊尔和老挝等国家。而在巴基斯坦、印度和孟加拉国，该病并非地方性疾病，报告的病例很少。日本和伊朗已经消灭了该病。本综述重点介绍了亚洲国家之间的地理分布、传播模式、诊断、基于驱虫植物使用的控制策略以及亚洲为控制血吸虫病而实施的管理措施。然而，未来还需要新的方法来治疗人类血吸虫病，以最终在亚洲消灭该病。本综述强调了对血吸虫病的生物控制，以便在不久的将来从亚洲根除该病。
