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[Urinary bilharziasis. Comments on 10 cases]
N Chesa Ponce1, J del Rosario Medina, J L Artiles Hernández
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas.
Actas Urologicas Espanolas
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
Urinary bilharziasis is a parasitic disease caused by Schistosome haematobium which is prevalent in several African and Middle East countries. The closeness of the Canary Islands to the African continent and a greater population mobility have allowed us to diagnose and treat ten patients, all of them natural of this region. This paper outlines the case-reports, and reviews this parasitic disease which seriously affects the urinary tract and which must be specifically contemplated both in emigrants and occasional visitors from endemic regions.