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[16] [21] Bladder cancer diagnosis and mortality are generally elevated in affected areas; efforts to control schistosomiasis in Egypt have led to decreases in the bladder cancer rate. [ 21 ] [ 34 ] The risk of bladder cancer appears to be especially high in male smokers, perhaps due to chronic irritation of the bladder lining allowing it to be ...
As of 2021, 251.4 million people worldwide are having schistosomiasis due to different species of Schistosoma. [1] More than 75 million people were given medical treatment. [1] S. mansoni is the major species causing an annual death of about 130,000. [66]
Age-standardised Death Rate (per 100,000) in 2017 ... Schistosomiasis: 0.1: 0.01%: −28.5 ... ~9.9% deaths of adults aged 40 to 69 years and ~7.8% adults aged 70 ...
Schistosoma is a genus of trematodes, commonly known as blood flukes.They are parasitic flatworms responsible for a highly significant group of infections in humans termed schistosomiasis, which is considered by the World Health Organization to be the second-most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease (after malaria), with hundreds of millions infected worldwide.
It is found in Africa and the Middle East. It is the major agent of schistosomiasis, the most prevalent parasitic infection in humans. [1] It is the only blood fluke that infects the urinary tract, causing urinary schistosomiasis, and is a leading cause of bladder cancer (only next to tobacco smoking). [2] [3] The diseases are caused by the eggs.
Deaths 20,000–200,000 per year Gastropod-borne parasitic diseases (GPDs) are a group of infectious diseases that require a gastropod species to serve as an intermediate host for a parasitic organism (typically a nematode or trematode ) that can infect humans upon ingesting the parasite or coming into contact with contaminated water sources. [ 1 ]
S. haematobium is a digenetic trematode found in Africa and the Middle East. It is the major agent of schistosomiasis, the most prevalent parasitic infection in humans. [10] It is the only blood fluke that infects the urinary tract, causing urinary schistosomiasis, and is the leading cause of bladder cancer (only next to tobacco smoking).
Deaths from Schistosomiasis in 2012 per million persons. Statistics from WHO, grouped by deciles ... Data from World Health Organization Estimated Deaths 2012 Vector ...