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Clinical features

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Clinical features

Schistosomiasis progresses in three phases:

  • acute
  • chronic
  • advanced (1)

All Schistosoma species cause non-specific but disabling systemic morbidities:

  • anaemia
  • malnutrition
  • impaired childhood development (1,2)

Reference:

  1. Colley DG et al. Human schistosomiasis. Lancet. 2014;383(9936):2253-64.
  2. Barsoum RS, Esmat G, El-Baz T. Human schistosomiasis: clinical perspective: review. J Adv Res.2013;4(5):433-44.

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