0 a serious disease that is caused by a type of small worm getting into the blood. It is common in parts of Africa and South America.
Communicable diseases, such as schistosomiasis (bilharzia), are transmitted by vectors which depend on water.
It has to be kept in mind that alternative methods might be required for the control of bilharzia parasites in the future.
However, according to local health officials, irrigation developments may produce increased levels of malaria and bilharzia.
Here, too, was untimely sickness and death, a once-handsome face lined and blemished by the struggle with the disease bilharzia.
First, it is able to survive for decades in the blood-stream of its host, causing bilharzia in humans.
Should they concentrate on treating curable diseases such as malaria, diarrhea, and bilharzias?
Bilharzia is a chronic debilitating disease afflicting more than 200 million people, mainly in third world countries.
It also led to significant increases in mosquitoes and amphibious snails and in the incidence of malaria, bilharzia and other water-related vector-borne diseases.