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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Bilharzia"”.
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The three environmentally related diseases endemic in the Ongoye region : pattern and control
… diseases namely malaria fever, typhoid fever and bilharzia (schistosomiasis) comes about as a result of the nature of the environment together with human invasion of such an environment. The most important factor is that, without the human invasion of the environment, there could be no prevalence …
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A schistosomiasis health education intervention among rural Malawian school children : lessons learned
… controlling the prevalence of schistosomiasis (Bilharzia), a parasitic disease, among school children in a rural area of11angochi District, Malawi between 1996 and 1998. The question this thesis addresses as its focus is, which degree of health education input is the most efficient in …
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Prevalence and factors associated with Schistosoma Haematobium infection among School going Children of Katete District
… concern. Knowledge gap on the symptoms for Bilharzia, Play site (stream) and inadequate school health services came out as the significant factors associated with Schistosoma haematobium infection among school going children. These findings suggest that there is need for strengthening health …
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Theoretical modelling of temperature and rainfall inuence on Schistosoma species population dynamics
… otherwise known as snail fever or bilharzia, is caused by parasitic at- worms called schistosomes. In human, these schistosomes infected the intestines or the urinary tract where they develop to form other acute and chronic diseases which include fever, malaise, severe abdominal …
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The supramolecular derivatisation of pharmaceutically relevant compounds via co-crystallization and cyclodextrin inclusion complexation
… [displaying activity against schistosomiasis (bilharzia)], (b) two steroidal compounds, namely -estradiol (used for hormonal therapy and treatment of breast and prostate cancer), and progesterone (used for hormonal therapy), and (c) the potent antioxidant pterostilbene (displaying anti-cancer …
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Poverty in the fisheries : a framework for analysis and intervention for Lake Victoria, Uganda
… mainly to the prevalence of malaria, diarrhoea, bilharzia and HIV/AIDS. There was a sense of insecurity within certain sections of the fishing community, due to leadership weaknesses within the local as well as the Government institutions. Some community members operated in a state of risk …