RT Book, Section
A1 Bradbury, Richard S.
A1 Secor, W. Evan
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182666241
T1 Schistosomiasis
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182666241
RD 2024/04/23
AB Schistosomiasis,  or  bilharziasis,  is  a  chronic  debilitating  disease  associated  with  significant  morbidity  and  mortality.  The  disease  affects  more  than  190  million1  people  in  78  countries2  worldwide  and  is  second  only  to  malaria  among  parasitic  diseases  in  socioeconomic  and  public  health  importance  in  tropical  and  subtropical  areas.1  Most  human  disease  is  caused  by  three  species  of  blood  flukes  of  the  genus  Schistosoma:  S.  mansoni,  S.  haematobium,  S.  japonicum.  S.  mekongi,  S.  intercalatum,  S.  guineensis,  and  some  rare  zoonotic  species  can  also  infect  people.