However, no association between night soil and schistosomiasis was observed in 2010.

Risk factors for schistosomiasis were assessed by administering a questionnaire to adults.

Advanced liver fibrosis and portal hypertension due to chronic schistosomiasis are irreversible.

Though common in tropical regions, schistosomiasis was absent around Lake Malawi until recently.

Background: In Mozambique, schistosomiasis is highly endemic across the whole country.

The effect of concomitant schistosomiasis upon acquisition of T cell memory is unknown.

We review the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment of schistosomiasis.

After treatment for schistosomiasis, the viral load returned to normal levels.

Boys had higher prevalence of self-reported schistosomiasis and BIU than girls.

Variceal bleeding is the primary cause of death in hepatic schistosomiasis.

Urogenital schistosomiasis is an important public health issue in Zanzibar.

Introduction: The trematode infection schistosomiasis affects at least 200 million people in endemic areas.

Conclusion: Age-gender patterns of urinary schistosomiasis were consistent in different geographical areas of Tanzania.

Most individuals clear schistosomiasis with a single course of therapy.

Broad-based ultrasound screening has allowed better definition of age-specific disease risks in urinary schistosomiasis.

Thus, other mechanisms may be more important in the regulation of immunopathology in schistosomiasis.