devastating impact on girls and women in developing countries -- female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). Schistosomiasis‚ also known as bilharzia or "snail fever‚" is a parasitic disease carried by fresh water snails. It is transmitted by contact with contaminated fresh water‚ so swimming‚ bathing‚ fishing and even domestic chores such as laundry and herding livestock can put people at risk of contracting the disease. Schistosomiasis infects more than 400 million people‚ mostly in sub-Sarahan Africa‚ where
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Question 1 of 61 C Choose the one best response to this question. Children at day care centers in the United States have a high rate of infection with which one of the following? A. Ascaris lumbricoides B. Entamoeba histolytica C. Enterobius vermicularis D. Necator americanus Question 2 of 61 B Choose the one best response to this question. The main anatomic location of Schistosoma mansoni adult worms is: A. Lung alveoli B. Intestinal venules C. Renal tubules D. Bone
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Schistosomiasis is also known as bilharziasis in respect to the German physician Theodore Bilharz who first described the cause of urinary schistosomiasis in 185‚ is second only to malaria in public health importance. The first doctor who described the entire life cycle of the disease was Brazilian parasitologist Piraja da Silva in 1908. The first known case of infection was discovered in 2014‚ in a child who lived 6‚200 years ago. It was a common cause of death for Ancient Egyptians in the Greco-Roman
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scale studies have shown an association between schistosomiasis infection and bladder cancer. Schistosomiasis is a common parasitic infection that occurs frequently in the Middle East and Africa. The pathogen is a parasitic worm‚ which enters the skin of humans in contaminated water and quickly enters the blood stream to migrate to organs such as the liver‚ and bladder. Overwhelming evidence exists to suggest that‚ in areas of the world where schistosomiasis is endemic‚ up to one in for cases of bladder
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Shady Lakes is non-infectious to humans‚ but may be an important model system for similarly related parasites such as Schistosoma‚ which causes the disease Schistosomiasis in humans. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematodes) of the genus Schistosoma. After malaria and intestinal helminthiasis‚ schistosomiasis is the third most devastating tropical disease
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Epidemiological studies A. Descriptive studies 1.) Case Control Study Title: Determinants of Malaria Program Expenditures during Elimination: Case Study Evidence from Select Provinces in the Philippines. Even though eliminating malaria from the endemic margins is a part of the Global Malaria Action Plan‚ little guidance exists on what resources are needed to transition from controlling malaria to eliminating it. Using Philippines as an example‚ this study aimed to (1) estimate the financial
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ASWAN Dam Project 1843 - A barrage sponsored and completed by the Albanian founder of modern Egypt‚ Mohammed Ali‚ was built. 1882-1890 British engineers helped implement the dam project and began working on the original dam of Aswan. The "low" dam. 1905 – Dam was completed Reconstructed in 1912 and 1933 it was still deemed to be inefficient due to the threats of severe Nile flooding and a second dam was seen as necessary 1948 - Adrien Daninas of Egypt proposed the "high" Aswan dam Financial
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Archaeology of Egypt Ancient Egyptian Disease An in depth Look at Archaeological Evidence of Ancient Egyptian Infectious Disease and Parasites 12/3/2010 Ancient Egyptian Disease Throughout the passing of time great civilizations have come and gone. Of the six pristine ancient civilizations‚ none have drawn quite the sensationalism as ancient Egypt. For numerous centuries antiquities were dispersed throughout the world for monetary purposes; however‚ for the past few decades
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Gathering water for African villages is a job placed on the women. They spend countless hours carrying water from distant sources. These sources are often polluted and this continuous effort is an enormous waste of time that could be better used for childcare and education (Wanja). According to J.W.N. Riviere in a publication called "Threats to the Worlds Waters"‚ women and girls in Africa spend 40 billion person hours a year hauling polluted water. Both natural and man-made pollutants have damaged
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In vitro‚ albendazole-treated groups showed 5.6–73% egg hatch-ing depending on the drug concentration. The egg hatching percentis affected by the drug concentration owing to the fact that the eggsare albendazole susceptible. The inhibitory effect of albendazole onF. gigantica eggs indicates that it can pass the egg shell and stop fur-ther development. At the highest albendazole concentration‚ thedevelopment was 10%‚ and the rest of eggs failed to be embry-onated as they stopped at advanced stages
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