Download or read book Disease Concepts and Treatment Practices Relating to Schistosomiasis Haematobium in Upper Egypt written by H. Kloos and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schistosomiasis haematobium has been endemic in the lower part of the NIle valley at least since pharaonic times and now probably affects more people in Egypt than in any other country. Although the ancient Egyptians had developed a sophisticated medical system and used various plant medicines for parasitic infections ans possibly preventive measures for haematuria and many peoples in Africa still treat vesical schistosomiasis with herbal remedies, no study has been made of disease concepts and treatment practices of the Egyptian fellahin. This is regrettable since the large farming population is, with the possible exception of boatman and fisherman, the most heavily infected segment of the Egyptian population and schistosomiasis control programmes in Egypt have been hindered by many human problems. During a longitudinal study of the relationship between human water contact and S. haematobium infection in El Ayaisha village in Upper Egypt, we found that some people use local plant remedies in addition to synthetic antischistosomal compounds and that their water use behavior is influenced by various beliefs and customs. The purpose of this reprinted paper is to describe prevailing disease concepts and treatment practices in relation to S. haematobium infection in El Ayaisha and several other villages in Upper Egypt. S. haematobium prevalence rates were 27% in the general population and 70-5% in schoolboys aged 10 years, similar to the rates in two nearby villages and many other communities in Upper Egypt.
Download or read book Gender Behavior and Health written by Samiha El-Katsha and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 200 million people in the world suffer from schistosomiasis (bilharzia), and according to the World Health Organization it ranks second behind malaria in terms of socioeconomic and public health importance in tropical and subtropical areas. The disease was present in Egypt in the Old Kingdom (c. 2600 BCE), and in 1998 it was estimated that almost six million Egyptians -- one fifth of the rural population -- were infected. Thus it remains one of the most serious public health problems in rural Egypt. This study is the first to paint a broad picture of schistosomiasis in rural Egypt. The authors' research in three Nile Delta villages between 1991 and 1997 provides an in-depth community-level view of patterns of transmission and strategies for control. An analysis of recent research and policy presents the national context for the study. Schistosomiasis is primarily a behavioral disease, associated with human behavior in relation to water, especially canals; strategies for disease control and treatment need to consider what people do, where, when, and why. Gender, Behavior, and Health stresses an area of particular concern to social scientists: gender issues are most fully revealed at the local level, where an infection such as schistosomiasis is transmitted, diagnosed, treated, and ultimately (it is hoped) prevented. This book is unique in presenting schistosomiasis primarily from the viewpoint of the social sciences, yet fully incorporating material from the biomedical sciences and other relevant disciplines.
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Download or read book Neglected Tropical Diseases Sub Saharan Africa written by John Gyapong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview on the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Leishmaniasis, Buruli Ulcer and Schistosomiasis. In well-structured chapters epidemiology and biology of these parasitic diseases will be discussed in detail. Further, diagnostics and therapeutic approaches as well as prevention strategies will be reviewed. The book will be of interest to basic researchers and clinicians engaged in infectious disease, tropical medicine, and parasitology, and a must-have for scientists specialized in the characteristics of the Sub-Saharan region.
Download or read book The consequences of parasite infection for child health and nutricion written by Jennifer Friedman and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Global Burden of Disease written by Colin Mathers and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global burden of disease: 2004 update is a comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population. It provides detailed global and regional estimates of premature mortality, disability and loss of health for 135 causes by age and sex, drawing on extensive WHO databases and on information provided by Member States.--Publisher description.
Download or read book Parasitic Diseases written by Rashika El Ridi and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports on schistosomiasis epidemiology and clinical features in Africa and Brazil, and development of novel drugs that affect the worm tegument, and vaccine based on excretory-secretory products and Type 2 cytokines.
Download or read book Vector Control of Schistosomiasis Using Native African Plants written by Jean-Jacques Symoens and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Schistosomiasis written by Peter Jordan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human schistosomes (blood flukes) are digenetic trematodes that spend the adult part of their life cycle in humans and a further part in aquatic snails. Despite advances in chemotherapy, schistosomiasis is still a significant infection in the populations of several countries in the tropics. This book replaces a previous volume Schistosomiasis: Epidemiology, Treatment and Control (Heinemann, 1982) by Jordan and Webbe. All chapters have been rewritten by internationally renowned workers. Ultrasound, expected to aid identification of early disease in the field and increase our understanding of its evolution, is discussed in a new chapter. Others, each with an extensive bibliography, review the parasites and their snail intermediate hosts, epidemiology, clinical manifestations and pathology, diagnosis, immunology, drugs and patient management and control. Limitations of the role of chemotherapy in morbidity control are discussed and the need for flexibility in control interventions in the varied epidemiological situations is stressed. An interdisciplinary approach may be necessary to reduce transmission by appropriate measures against the snail intermediate host, and to implement public health measures, including the provision of safe water (with many other medical and social benefits) and health education. This comprehensive volume is for public health workers involved in the prevention and control of the disease, for physicians, and for students and teachers of many disciplines. It also provides a reference book for health planners, social anthropologists, health educators, water and sanitary engineers and others engaged in improving health in the tropics. Physicians in temperate countries will also find it a useful reference book as schistosomiasis, often acute, is being diagnosed more frequently in those returning from holidays in endemic areas.
Download or read book The Causes of Epilepsy written by Simon Shorvon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded and revised, this unique book provides concise descriptions of the many causes of epilepsy, for use in clinical practice.
Download or read book The Toxicology of Molluscicides written by Gerald Webbe and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1987 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past decades have seen the implementation of numerous programmes for the eradication of molluscs, due mainly to their involvement as vectors of human parasitic diseases. These programmes have involved the use of vast quantities of molluscicides and have resulted in many unwanted side effects. This volume of the International Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Therapeutics brings together reviews on the major molluscicides in current use. Each review outlines all the physicochemical, toxicological and pharmacological properties, as well as detailing the effects on all the other major organisms that they are likely to come into contact with. In bringing together all this information in one volume, this book will enable the use of molluscicides to be better controlled and far more effective, whilst preventing the serious ecological damage often associated with such programmes.
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Download or read book Guidelines for Drinking water Quality written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes the methods used in the surveillance of drinking water quality in the light of the special problems of small-community supplies, particularly in developing countries, and outlines the strategies necessary to ensure that surveillance is effective.
Download or read book WHO VBC written by World Health Organization. Vector Biology and Control Unit and published by . This book was released on with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
