Schistosomiasis Flukes Parasitic Infectious Diseases
Schistosomiasis, also known as Bilharziasis, is caused by a blood fluke whose larvae contaminate fresh water where humans contract the disease by wading, swimming, or bathing.
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- Schistosomiasis Control Initiative - Features objectives, disease information, programs, operating locations, and news.
- Schistosomiasis in China - Collaborative project between faculty of the Environmental Health Sciences Program flukes and the College of Natural Resources at U.C. Berkeley, and flukes the Sichuan Institute of Parasitic Disease (SIPD) in Chengdu, Sichuan flukes Province, China. Includes disease informati
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Schistosomiasis - Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
- CDC DPDx - Schistosomiasis - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, flukes laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
- The York Schistosomiasis Research Group - Includes disease information, parasite life cycle, research information, and links.
- Medmicro: Schistosomes and Other Trematodes - Medical and scientific information on the organisms and parasitic the diseases parasitic they cause.
- eMedicine - Schistosomiasis - Article by Palaniandy Kogulan, MD.
- CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Schistosomiasis - Includes factsheets and news releases.
- Cambridge Schistosomiasis Research Group - Includes group information, articles, disease information, and history of studies on the parasite.
- WHO/OMS: Schistosomiasis - Includes factsheets on the disease, programs, and research.
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