Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis
Skin vesicles created by the penetration of Schistosoma. Source: CDC
ICD-10	B65
ICD-9	120
MeSH	D012552

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Related Chapters

• Tropical disease

External links

• World Health Organization Partners for Parasite Control website
• World Health Organization fact sheet on the disease
• Wellcome animation of the life cycle of the parasite
• Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
• CONTRAST, a research project on optimized schistosomiasis control in Sub-saharan Africa
• World Health Organization Tropical Disease Research programme
• Cambridge University Schistosomiasis Research Group
• York University Schistosomiasis Research Group
• Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) Control and Prevention: The Carter Center Schistosomiasis Control Program
• Links to Schistosomiasis pictures (Hardin MD/Univ of Iowa)
• FIOCRUZ - Schistomiasis Research Group
• Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases, University of California San Francisco
• Vacine developed in Queensland, Australia
• DBL - Centre for Health Research and Development
• 10. Charnock, Anne (1980) Taking Bilharziasis out of the irrigation equation. New Civil Engineer, 7 August. Bilharzia caused by poor civil engineering design due to ignorance of cause and prevention.

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