PPT-Schistosomiasis

Exploring Genomic Information for Control Stephen Gikuru Egerton UniversityKenya Irish Forum for Global Health Conference 30 th Nov 2010 NUIM A public health problem. By, Cheryl . Poleschuk. Linda Hansen. Background. More than 200 million people are infected with . schistosomiasis. worldwide. One of the WHO neglected diseases of the world. Blood fluke = common name. of . Morbidity & Mortality. ACCOUNTED FOR MOST OF THE DISEASES BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. ONLY SECOND MALARIA. SCHISTOSOMES. Globetrotting Parasites that Continue to Spread and Cause Disease. , Yuesheng Li, Alfred K Lam, Thao N P Chau, Donald A Harn, Gail M Williams, Darren J GrayAllen G P RossGrif�th Health Institute, Grif�th University, Gold Coast Campus, AustraliaM . . . . . . . Nelson and Masters Williams, 2014. Parasitic infection. Co-evolved with human hosts. Adapted to evade immunity. Evolve in a manner that can enable migration to new hosts. Transmission. Virginia, Giselle, & . Nick. BIOL 065: Pneumonia & Flu. Thursday, April 19, 2012. Schistosoma. literally means “. Split Body. ” in Greek. Facts & Figures. A “Neglected Tropical Disease” (NTD). . BILHARZIOSIS. Bilhazia. in Ghana. PLAN OF PRESENTATION. DEFINITION. EPIDEMIOLOGY. ETIOLOGY. MODE OF TRANSMISSION/LIFE CYCLE. PATHOGENESIS. SIGNS &SYMPTOMS. DIAGNOSIS. DIFFERENTIALS. TREATMENT. The snail is just the carrier of the . Schistosomiasis. parasitic disease. . Schistosomiasis. , or bilharzia, is a parasitic disease caused by . trematode. flatworms of the genus . Schistosoma. . . ealth Volume 7 , Issue 2 , Jun 201 9 Prevalence of Schistosoma Haematobium Infection in Nigeria: A Retrospective Case Study in Kuje Village, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria Article by A. A Og Wish list - Yobe State, Nigeria 2018 – 19, explanatory narrative Contents Background to project area and PCT NTD needs ................................ ............................. 1 Specific o Sina Helbig*,. . Akre. . M. . . Adja. , Alia. . Tayea, . Neil. . Arya. **. July 2019. Prepared as part of an education project of. . the Global Health Education Consortium and collaborating. . Kumar. Assistant Professor. Department of Veterinary Medicine. Bihar Veterinary College, Patna. (Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna. ). Trematodes. . Schistosomes. : . Blood flukes. Family: . Schistosomatidae. . Babikir. . Sidahmed. Schistosomiasis. in Sudan. A German pathologist who discovered in autopsy material the causative agent of . haematuria. during his work in Egypt in 1815.. Cause: . Schistosome. Primary care pediatricians see a wide spectrum of children with rashes and searching for a cause can be challenging. We describe a 17-year-old boy with sudden onset of widespread pruritic, urticaria SUB-DISTRICT* LEVEL DATA REVIEW FOR . TARGETED TREATMENTS. Better utilization of available Schistosomiasis . site level data . to plan MDA targeted at sub-district* levels. . *Lowest possible administrative level for which demographic data is available.