Richard Echodu

Friends or foes: Unraveling the tsetse fly-Spiroplasma symbiosis

Tsetse flies ( Glossina spp.) transmit African trypanosomes, the causative agents of human African and African animal trypanosomiases (HAT and AAT, respectively). These neglected tropical diseases impose significant public health and economic burdens across sub-Saharan Africa. Tr...

Spatio-ecological determinants of Biomphalaria and Bulinus snail intermediate hosts and schistosome-like infections in the Lango subregion, Northern Uganda: a geostatistical approach to guide targeted disease control

Abstract Background Freshwater snails of the genus Biomphalaria transmit Schistosoma mansoni (intestinal schistosomiasis), Bulinus species transmit S. haematobium (urogenital schistosomiasis), and Lymnaea species transmit Fasciola spp. (fascioliasis). These diseases are of major...