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Environmental factors influencing the distribution and prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium in school attenders of ILembe and uThungulu Health Districts, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Published in: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 32 , issue 4 , 2017 , pages: 132–137

DOI: 10.1080/23120053.2017.1335974

Author(s): Nkosinathi Banhela Discipline of Public Health Medicine, South Africa , Myra Taylor Discipline of Public Health Medicine, South Africa , Siphosenkosi Gift Zulu Discipline of Public Health Medicine, South Africa , Linnea Sund Strabo Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases Ullevaal, Norway , Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland Discipline of Public Health Medicine, South Africa , Svein Gunnar Gundersen Research Department, Norway

Keywords: altitude , haematuria , intensity , prevalence , Schistosoma haematobium , temperature , urogenital schistosomiasis

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Abstract

Schistosoma haematobium infection is reported to facilitate the development of urogenital diseases. Its symptoms include haematuria, dysuria and tiredness, and it may cause cognitive decline in children. The prevalence of S. haematobium infection needs to be known in endemic areas and a mass treatment programme against the disease implemented.

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