Schistosomiasis continues to rank-following malaria at the second position of the world's parasitic diseases in terms of the extent of endemic areas and the number of infected people. Chemotherapy is still considered the most effective mean in parasitic control. PZQ is an antischistosomal effective drug which reduces the egg count significantly in S. mansoni infected patients. However, they recorded the evaluation of resistant stains which reduce the effectiveness of such drug. So, it is important to search for alternative antischistosomal and antihelmintic drugs to overcome this important...

Autoimmune diseases are the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality, after heart disease and cancer, in the industrialized world. Systemic lupus erythematosus, is a prototypic multi-system autoimmune disease that can affect the heart, joints, skin, lungs, blood vessels, liver, kidneys, and nervous system. There is no one specific cause of SLE but the impact of infections on the development of SLE is substantial and the relationship between infections and autoimmunity in general is a complex phenomenon that has been the focus of much research. Many positive consequences of infection...