Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever and bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. The urinary tract or the intestines may be infected. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, or blood in the urine. Those who have been infected for a long time may experience liver damage, kidney failure, infertility, or bladder cancer. In children, it may cause poor growth and learning difficulty.The disease is spread by contact with fresh water contaminated with the parasites. These parasites are released from infected freshwater snails. The disease is especially common among children in developing countries, as they are …

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School of Public Policy, University of Calgary · 11 December 2023 English

According to the typology of the United Nations report, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), interaction between the different production systems and the types of ecosystem services include recreation, …

organisms that cause diseases such as malaria, schistosomiasis and typhoid (Musando et al. 2021). Abandoned


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 24 October 2023 English

Dans The Top Ten Diseases of All Time, Stacey Smith? présente les dix maladies les plus meurtrières et leurs effets sur la société, fournissant une mine d’informations sur la trajectoire …

Echinococcosis 1 6 billion Dengue 528 2.5 billion Schistosomiasis 207 779 million Elephantitis 120 1.3 billion


UNU-INWEH: United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health · 29 March 2023 English

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health Global Water Security 2023 Assessment Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the generous input and data-discussions with: Rick Johnston, Co-lead, …

access to and practice of safe WASH. tion, schistosomiasis, malaria, soil-transmitted helminth While components


CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 21 September 2022 English

The patient was transferred to a tertiary pediatric referral centre, and the infectious diseases and gastroenterology teams Figure 1: Supine frontal abdominal radiograph of a 5-year-old boy with biliary ascariasis, …

separate stools)Consanguinity • • Serology for schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis (if from Migration and


CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 21 April 2022 French

doi : 10.1503/cmaj.210510-f Voir la version anglaise de l’article ici : www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.210510 Figure 1 : (A) Échographie d’un garçon de 12 ans atteint de schistosomiase urinaire, révélant une lésion de …

Gryseels B, Polman K, Clerinx J, et al. Human schistosomiasis. Lancet 2006; 368:1106-18. 2. Schwartz C, Fallon guidelines for the management of urogenital schistosomiasis. Eur Urol 2006; 49:998-1003. 4. Tan WP, Hwang


PollutionWatch · 24 January 2022 English

Recreational Water Illnesses in Canada The impact of poor water quality and the importance of recreational water quality monitoring of natural bodies of water Recreational waters can be considered as …

primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) and schistosomiasis is caused by a flatworm (trematode).12 Further


UNU-INWEH: United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health · 16 December 2021

which was used disease, extending the analysis of risk beyond to assess the risk of dengue, schistosomiasis and incidence and mortality.


UNU-INWEH: United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health · 16 December 2021 English

which was used disease, extending the analysis of risk beyond to assess the risk of dengue, schistosomiasis and incidence and mortality.

risk beyond to assess the risk of dengue, schistosomiasis and incidence and mortality. They disaggregate Focks, D. A. (1997). Sensitivity of malaria, schistosomiasis and dengue to global warming. Climatic Change


UNU-INWEH: United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health · 10 September 2021 English

3 A Look Back at the First 25 Years: 1996-2021 A Look Back at the First 25 Years: 1996-2021 Challenging the status-quo in the water sector UNU-INWEH partnered in 2012 …

parasitic diseases (i.e., leishmaniasis and schistosomiasis) in the Arab region. UNU-INWEH is working to


UNU-INWEH: United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health · 24 August 2020

This will improve the design and implementation of water management strategies with the potential for changing how the effectiveness and utility of water use and management is evaluated. [...] The …

water-associated diseases (cholera, dengue, and schistosomiasis), and takes into account variables including


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