Sentences with phrase «causes schistosomiasis»

This parasite causes schistosomiasis, an infectious disease of global importance for human and animals.

Biologists in Britain say that they have evidence that the parasite Schistosoma mansoni, which causes schistosomiasis, can develop resistance to the drug praziquantel.

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Dams have also caused an increase in schistosomiasis in many countries, because snails live in the reservoirs and irrigation channels.

Researchers at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) have uncovered a mechanism that may help explain the severe forms of schistosomiasis, or snail fever, which is caused by schistosome worms and is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in the world.

Other causes of anemia include hookworm and schistosomiasis, HIV / AIDS, other micronutrient deficiencies, and genetic disorders.