Successfully created vaccines against human schistosomiasis

Brazilian researchers say they have successfully tested a vaccine against human schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm that affects more than 200 million people worldwide.

According to Dr. Tania Araujo-Jorge, the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro, this event is an unprecedented breakthrough in medicine for 30 years. Dr. Tania believes that Brazil will be able to distribute the vaccine over the next 3 years to fight parasites, and help fight schistosomiasis, a disease that often attacks the poorest people because they must be born living in hygienic conditions of poor quality.

It is known that schistosomiasis has initial symptoms such as rash, pruritus, fever and cough and muscle aches, after a few years the disease can cause damage to internal organs. The disease is caused by fresh water parasites on human skin, especially children when bathed in polluted water. There are about 2.5 million people in Brazil.