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Immunodiagnosis in Schistosomiasis

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Bilharziasis

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Approximately 150 million people throughout the world are estimated to be presently infected with schistosomes. Although it is known that human infection with this trematode constitutes an important clinical and public health problem in Asia, Africa and South America and, to a lesser extent in the West Indies, reasonably accurate data on the prevalence and intensity of this infection are not often available. In many instances we do not even know whether the incidence of schistosomiasis in a given population group is increasing or decreasing and whether the areas affected are expanding or contracting. This lack of essential knowledge is largely due to the fact that an unequivocal diagnosis of schistosomiasis is difficult to obtain.

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Sadun, E.H. (1967). Immunodiagnosis in Schistosomiasis. In: Mostofi, F.K. (eds) Bilharziasis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49777-3_26

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