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Nile River, Impact on Human Health in Egypt from Pharaohs Until Now

  • Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar
  • Hassan M. Sobhy
  • Karim S. Metwaly
  • Sayed AbdEl-Monem
  • Heinz Mehlhorn
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Abstract

This chapter shows the tremendous influence of the Nile on human culture reaching until today.

Keywords

Egyptian health history Waterborne diseases Waterborne vectors Malaria Schistosomiasis 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar
    • 1
  • Hassan M. Sobhy
    • 2
  • Karim S. Metwaly
    • 2
  • Sayed AbdEl-Monem
    • 1
  • Heinz Mehlhorn
    • 3
  1. 1.Faculty of Sciences, Department of ZoologyCairo UniversityGizaEgypt
  2. 2.Faculty of African Postgraduate StudiesCairo UniversityGizaEgypt
  3. 3.Parasitology InstituteDusseldorf UniversityDüsseldorfGermany

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