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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

snail fever see schistosomiasis . ... Read more

schistosomiasis
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... Read more

Schistosomiasis
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... Read more

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	Programme to contain snail fever under way Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/14/2004; ; 495 words ; ...contain the rapid expansion of snail fever within four or five years, officials...programme is being designed by the Snail Fever Control and Prevention Office of...large-scale investigations on the snail fever situation in China is under way... Read more
	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...conference on the prevention and cure of snail fever, also known as schistosomiasis, which convened here today. Snail fever causes chronic anemia and organ... Read more
	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 used...which are considered major source of snail fever infection. To exterminate snail fever... Read more
	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... Read more
	China Treats Snail Fever With Plants Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 11/17/1995; 204 words ; ...campaign to wipe out snails and snail fever has made great strides in the Yangtze...China Daily". In recent years, snail fever has recurred in 119 counties and...are home to snails which spread snail fever. Large areas of waste shoals have... Read more
	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...Carried by freshwater snails, acute snail fever, or schistosomiasis, is a parasitic...illness have seen it expanding. Snail fever was effectively controlled before... Read more
	Reversing the rise of snail fever Newspaper article from: China Daily; 9/23/2003; ; 318 words ; ...steps in fighting the comeback of snail fever as some 13,000 genes of the parasitic...host, the biomedical aspects of snail fever and invertebrate evolution. Scientists...one strain of schistosome, causes snail fever or schistosomiasis in humans and... Read more
	Plan aimed at snail fever Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/23/2004; ; 336 words ; ...plan to prevent an outbreak of snail fever. Nineteen confirmed and many suspected...Region to strengthen monitoring. Snail fever or schistosomiasis is a disease...schistosomiasis. Shanghai declared snail fever exterminated in 1985. Since then... Read more
	Artemether Found Effective in Snail Fever Prevention Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 7/26/1996; 188 words ; ...effective in the prevention of snail fever, a parasitic disease that has an...people in two areas endangered by snail fever found the rate of infection dropped...live in areas that are prone to snail fever; the country currently has some... Read more
	China Mobilizes Efforts Against Snail Fever Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 3/30/1999; 217 words ; ...to be on the alert for possible snail fever epidemics in the areas affected...today at a national conference on snail fever prevention and control, Li emphasized...Only 1,888 infectious cases of snail fever were reported throughout the country... Read more

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	Schistosomiasis in U.S. Peace Corps volunteers - Malawi, 1992. Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 7/30/1993
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