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Mollusca does have considerable economic importance, both positive and negative, as food, as crop pests, and as vectors of diseases such as Schistosomiasis and liver fluke.
Where are all the malacologists? AYDIN 2009
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Schistosomiasis: Transmitted through parasitic worms that penetrate the skin in fresh water.
Agencies, Drug Makers, Gates Target 10 Diseases Jeanne Whalen 2012
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Alan Fenwick , director of the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, one of Giving What We Can's recommended charities, says the society met with him a number of times and investigated his charity in depth.
Small Sacrifice, Big Return Javier Espinoza 2011
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Schistosomiasis is one of the most common and debilitating of the NTDs, and sub-Saharan Africa is ground zero for this disease.
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Schistosomiasis may prove to be one of the missing explanations for why some populations exhibit higher AIDS infection rates than models would ordinarily predict.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has prepared answers to questions about the parasitic disease Schistosomiasis, the organism that causes the malady, and the organism (vector) that transmits the disease to humans.
Schistosomiasis 2008
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Bilharzia, or Schistosomiasis, is still a common disease in rural areas in Egypt but its occurrence has greatly decreased with the provision of improved drinking water to most rural areas, periodic examination of school children, free medical treatment and extension programs to educate people on ways of protecting against the disease.
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Schistosomiasis is caused by the larvae of a flatworm which is released into water by infected snails.
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Life cycle of the parasitic agents responsible for causing Schistosomiasis.
Schistosomiasis 2008
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Schistosomiasis (African sleeping sickness) is one example; the intermediate host is an aquatic snail that lives among aquatic vegetation.
Macrophytes 2007
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