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• n  an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected

• Not surprisingly Africans also have the highest rate of death from diarrhea, along with a high incidence of the parasitic disorder bilharzia, malaria and other water-related .
• Some of the modern plagues of Eygpt: Egypt: Amoebic dysentery, which afflicts every villager; bilharzia, an energy-sapping parasitic disease which infects 92%; intestinal worms .
• Schistosomiasis (bilharzia): Southern China, Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, central Indonesia and the Mekong delta.

• schistosomiasis
• bilharziasis

News & Articles

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• Still living with bilharzia parasite, Froome says he has no drug exemptions
  Chris Froome has lived with the bilharzia parasite for years and continues to undergo treatment. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com Froome confirms no TUE; still treated for bilharzia parasite, which has dogged the Tour's yellow jersey for several years
  July 17, 2013 - Velo News

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• Yoweri Museveni in New Vision
  Uganda, like many other African countries, is affected by the neglected tropical diseases like river blindness, bilharzia, intestinal worms, trachoma and elephantiasis,Museveni said.