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Bilharzia /Bil·har·zia/ (bil-hahr´ze-ah) Schistosoma.
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The bilharzia parasite is carried by snails that prefer slow-moving water streams. For instance, patients with bilharzia have an increased bladder cancer risk associated with increased urinary levels of nitrite and volatile nitrosamines, most likely generated by the reaction of inflammation-derived NO with amines present in the urine (Tricker et al. The potential medical importance of bilharzia in northern Nigeria: a suggested rapid, cheap and effective solution for control of Schistosoma haematobium infection. |
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