Is the schistosomiasis or skitosomia which is a perforated worms and divided into five types, four of which intestinal is the scystosoma mansoni and Gaponikum and the type of Mekongi and Antarctom and the fifth type affects the urinary bladder is the scostosoma hematobium, and the spread of the disease, the infection affects 200-300 million people in the world, Most of them in Africa, the Far East, South Asia and South America, the most common species is mansonian, and because of the loss of the host of perforated worms, the snails in the United States, the disease is rare in the United States of America
The infection peaks in the second decade of life, after which the incidence of the disease decreases and decreases with increasing age. The reason for the lack of infection with age is to reduce the exposure to the endemic ponds, which is the cause of the disease and because of the growth of immunity by increasing the antibodies, People who have fewer than ten pairs in the portal blood system do not show the symptoms of the disease. People with more than 10 pairs in the portal blood system have symptoms of the disease. People with a mansonian type with HIV release the eggs in their faeces Less.
Schistosomiasis
Method of spread of schistosomiasis
Symptoms of schistosomiasis
Complications of schistosomiasis
Treatment of schistosomiasis
Summary of schistosomiasis