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Schistosomiasis

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Schistosomiasis (synonym: bilharziasis) is a systemic parasitic disease caused by trematode flatworms of the genus Schistosoma that causes significant morbidity and mortality in humans. The five major agents are S. mansoni, S. japonicum, S. haematobium, S. mekongi, and S. intercalatum. Each one is more prevalent in different regions of the world. It is a worldwide public health problem, affecting over 200 million people in 74 countries. Of these, 120 million have symptoms of the disease and 20 million have severe consequences. In many areas, schistosomiasis infects a large proportion of children under 14. An estimated 650 million people worldwide live in endemic areas.

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  1. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Rua Espírito Santo, 1634/102 – Lourdes, Belo Horizonte, MG, CEP 30.160-031, Brazil

    Fernando Oréfice MD, PhD

  2. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Brasil 1438 sl. 705 – Funcionários, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30140-131, Brazil

    Raphael Stehling Fernandes MD

  3. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Rua Amaro Albino Pimentel 85, Boa Viagem – Recife, PE, 51020-120, Brazil

    Ana Catarina Delgado MD, PhD

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  1. Centre of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Manfred Zierhut

  2. Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eyes Hospital, Department of Medical Retina, UCL, London, United Kingdom

    Carlos Pavesio

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Shigeaki Ohno

  4. University of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Fernando Orefice

  5. USC Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Narsing A. Rao

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Oréfice, F., Fernandes, R.S., Delgado, A.C. (2016). Schistosomiasis. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_136

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