- Title
- The clinico-pathological manifestations of intestinal bilharziasis in Durban, South Africa
- Creator
- Bhagwandeen, S. Brumdutt
- Relation
- Bilharziasis: International Academy of Pathology: Special Monograph p. 115-127
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49777-3
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 1967
- Description
- Review of the literature indicates the great variation from country to country of the clinical symptoms and severity of intestinal bilharziasis. While severe clinical symptoms and gross intestinal pathology are experienced in some hyperendemic areas, in places with lower endemicity manifest ations may be so light as to pass unnoticed. Thus the most severe forms of the disease have been reported from Egypt [5, 6, 7, 16]. Less severe forms of the disease are encountered in the Caribbean and South American countries. KoPPISH [12] from Puerto Rico, JAFFE [10] from Venezuela and PONTES [14] from Brazil are all agreed that in these countries S. mansoni produces less severe intestinal pathology than that reported from Egypt. In the rest of Africa the disease is still milder. MANSON-BAHR [13] reported that symptomatology in East Africa due to S. mansoni infection was variable but noted that, in general, the infected indigenous population was symptom-free. Although WYDELL [19] demonst rat ed severe intestinal pathology in the later stages of S . mansoni infection in an isolated African population group on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria, and although t he incidence of S . mansoni in this group was high, he noted that intestinal symptoms in active infections were uncommon. Further south, GELFAND [8] from S. Rhodesia report ed that intestinal bilharziasis is almost asymptomatic and he stressed the benign nature of the intestinal lesions. Little work has been done on the clinico-pathological aspects of intestinal bilharziasis in South Africa. TURNER [18] reported that symptoms due to intestinal bilharziasis were variable and were easily mist aken for chronic diarrhoea or t dysentery. HOLLAND [9] considered bilharzial dysentery to be a rare illness. KING [11] reported on the similarities in clinical presentation of amoebiasis and bilharzial dysentery. SCHNEIDER [11] reported that , when present, symptoms were mild in the Transvaal African.
- Description
- 1st ed.
- Subject
- cancer; histopathology; pathogenesis; pathology; intestinal bilharziasis; Durban, South Africa
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1396957
- Identifier
- uon:34154
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783642494925
- Language
- eng
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