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snail fever
snail fever see schistosomiasis .
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Snail Fever Incidence Declines in China
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 11/29/1997; 215 words
; The population of chronic snail fever patients in China has decreased by more...conference on the prevention and cure of snail fever, also known as schistosomiasis, which convened here today. Snail fever causes chronic anemia and organ infection...
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Hunan Sharply Cuts Incidence of Snail Fever
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 10/19/1995; 222 words
; The incidence of snail fever in the Dongtinghu Lake area of central...which have long been afflicted with snail fever. Most of the farmers in the areas...which are considered major source of snail fever infection. To exterminate snail...
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Programme to contain snail fever under way
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/14/2004; ; 495 words
; ...drafted to contain the rapid expansion of snail fever within four or five years, officials...The programme is being designed by the Snail Fever Control and Prevention Office of the...and large-scale investigations on the snail fever situation in China is under way in regions...
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National group takes on snail fever rebound
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 3/1/2004; ; 226 words
; A national snail fever prevention group was established yesterday...and rapid spread of schistosomiasis or snail fever. Headed by Vice-Premier Wu Yi, the group will draft policies and rules for snail fever prevention and co-ordinate related major...
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Plan aimed at snail fever
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/23/2004; ; 336 words
; ...emergency plan to prevent an outbreak of snail fever. Nineteen confirmed and many suspected...Autonomous Region to strengthen monitoring. Snail fever or schistosomiasis is a disease caused...caught schistosomiasis. Shanghai declared snail fever exterminated in 1985. Since then, no...
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Plan: Break snail fever by 2008
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 11/8/2004; ; 269 words
; China has set a target to curb snail fever in the next four years. Officials say...Carried by freshwater snails, acute snail fever, or schistosomiasis, is a parasitic...the illness have seen it expanding. Snail fever was effectively controlled before the...
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Artemether Found Effective in Snail Fever Prevention
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 7/26/1996; 188 words
; ...to be effective in the prevention of snail fever, a parasitic disease that has an at...345 people in two areas endangered by snail fever found the rate of infection dropped...China live in areas that are prone to snail fever; the country currently has some 1.1...
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New Drug to Be Used in Snail Fever Prevention
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 6/29/1996; 168 words
; ...company will bring hope to prevention of snail fever. The drug, named Artesunate, has proved...effective and safe oral pill to prevent snail fever, a common endemic disease in south China...Artesunate, three were found to be suffering snail fever and the positive rate in stool ...
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China Treats Snail Fever With Plants
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 11/17/1995; 204 words
; The campaign to wipe out snails and snail fever has made great strides in the Yangtze...Beijing-based "China Daily". In recent years, snail fever has recurred in 119 counties and cities...which are home to snails which spread snail fever. Large areas of waste shoals have also...
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China Mobilizes Efforts Against Snail Fever
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 3/30/1999; 217 words
; ...China to be on the alert for possible snail fever epidemics in the areas affected by last...here today at a national conference on snail fever prevention and control, Li emphasized...disease. Only 1,888 infectious cases of snail fever were reported throughout the country...
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schistosomiasis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, bilharziasis, or snail fever, parasitic disease caused by blood flukes, trematode worms of the genus...disease is difficult, but attempts have been made to eradicate the snail hosts. Proper sanitation and disposal of human wastes are also important...
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Schistosomiasis
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...Flatworms Parasites Schistosomes Snail fever Zoonoses Schistosomiasis is a parasitic...bil-har-ZYE-uh-sis) or “ snail fever. ” The worm starts life...the larva will find and enter a snail. There it passes through several...
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schistosomiasis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
...The trematode requires two hosts; the first is an aquatic snail in which larvae emerging from eggs hatched in water develop...finally to fork-tailed forms (cercariae) which escape from the snail, swim freely in the water, and attach themselves to and penetrate...dropsy, enlargement of the spleen, watery skin ...
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schistosomiasis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...The trematode requires two hosts; the first is an aquatic snail in which larvae emerging from eggs hatched in water develop...finally to fork-tailed forms (cercariae) which escape from the snail, swim freely in the water, and attach themselves to, and penetrate...dropsy, enlargement of the spleen, watery skin ...
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schistosomiasis
Book article from: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
...and invade mammals to feed and breed in the bloodstream. An initial allergic reaction (inflammation, cough, late-afternoon fever, hives, liver tenderness) and blood in the stools and urine give way to a chronic stage, in which eggs impacted in the walls...
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