Schistosomiasis

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Synopsis: 5. medicine & health: 1. diseases: Diseases: Parasitic diseases: Schistosomiasis:

We found the earliest evidence for a parasite that causes Schistosomiasis in humans said study co-author Dr. Piers Mitchell a biological anthropologist at the University of Cambridge in England.

and dams are by far the most common reasons why people get Schistosomiasis Mitchell told Live Science.

including several drug candidates and a dipstick test for schistosomiasis. Scientists have no incentive to commercialize results,

#Oldest ever schistosomiasis egg found may be first proof of early human technology exacerbating disease burdenthe discovery of a schistosomiasis parasite egg in a 6200-year-old grave at a prehistoric

Schistosomiasis is caused a disease by several species of flatworm parasites that live in the blood vessels of the bladder and intestines.

These irrigation systems distributed water to crops and may have triggered the beginning of the enormous disease burden that schistosomiasis has caused over the past 6000 years.

The oldest Schistosomiasis egg found previously was in Egyptian mummies from 5200 years ago. The egg was found in the pelvic area of the burial where the intestines

Schistosomiasis has become progressively more common over time so that it causes a huge burden across the world today with over 200 million people infected.

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