Why did Egypt have the highest rate of Hepatitis C infections in the world? A government initiative in the '50s-'80s to fight parasitic schistosomiasis infections resulted in the mass sharing of injection needles, spreading the virus to millions. https:/
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@MsBlaireWhite Haematuria is the medical term. Citation: https://t.co/AGnyWWNYVU
@eduardo_garcmol French physicians with Napoleon's campaign in 1798 described Egypt as the only country where men menstruate. Schistosomiasis is also known as bilharzia after Theodor Bilharz, the German parasitologist who first described S. haematobium in
RT @Peter_Nimitz: “In the 1920s, approximately 70% of the Egyptian male population was infected with S. haematobium”https://t.co/qL0SdO3jSQ
RT @Peter_Nimitz: “In the 1920s, approximately 70% of the Egyptian male population was infected with S. haematobium”https://t.co/qL0SdO3jSQ
RT @Peter_Nimitz: “In the 1920s, approximately 70% of the Egyptian male population was infected with S. haematobium”https://t.co/qL0SdO3jSQ
RT @Peter_Nimitz: “In the 1920s, approximately 70% of the Egyptian male population was infected with S. haematobium”https://t.co/qL0SdO3jSQ
RT @Peter_Nimitz: “In the 1920s, approximately 70% of the Egyptian male population was infected with S. haematobium”https://t.co/qL0SdO3jSQ
“In the 1920s, approximately 70% of the Egyptian male population was infected with S. haematobium”https://t.co/qL0SdO3jSQ
The flatworm's revenge -- how Egyptian men swapped one type of #bladdercancer for another. @louisa020 https://t.co/WSpKio9FKJ https://t.co/jZzNIGB0zp
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge. https://t.co/AcPmlne3tl
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge. https://t.co/hk2FfEqCFI
RT @NatureOutlook: Egyptian authorities tried everything during the 20th century to tackle schistosomiasis. But when they finally succeeded…
RT @NatureOutlook: Egyptian authorities tried everything during the 20th century to tackle schistosomiasis. But when they finally succeeded…
Egyptian authorities tried everything during the 20th century to tackle schistosomiasis. But when they finally succeeded, rates of bladder cancer did not behave as expected. https://t.co/WSpKiorgCh https://t.co/o5P42k3oQA
How Egyptian men swapped one type of #bladdercancer for another. https://t.co/WSpKio9FKJ https://t.co/2mODKLCufD
Weekend medium-length read. Why Egypt has a unique situation when it comes to bladder cancer https://t.co/WSpKio9FKJ https://t.co/xOsCcDdT1B
The flatworm's revenge -- how Egyptian men swapped one type of #bladdercancer for another. https://t.co/WSpKiorgCh https://t.co/YPy5VoCV05
The flatworm's revenge: How Egyptian men swapped one type of bladder cancer for another. https://t.co/WSpKiorgCh https://t.co/1geZKqxcEs
RT @TrendsParasitol: Very interesting @NatureOutlook by @louisa020 on how eliminating schistosomiasis in Egypt has not eliminated bladder c…
RT @schisto_tom: Using molluscicides in the Nile: “It was a terrible idea” - historic lessons of location specific interventions. Interesti…
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/OWs2xrOo2K
The flatworms of #Schistosoma have been around since ancient-Egypt circa 1889BCE, the disease identified in 1851 by T. Bilharz. Today, the #Egypt gov. deals w/ modern health issues painting a fascinating story relating back to #Schistosomiasis @nature http
#Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/iJf2sujWQQ great article, but false linkage? Bladder cancer caused by parasite defeated, now back via smoking https://t.co/ArPpSY9bwS
RT @ATQuickel: Egypt, the flatworm, and bladder cancer. Great article at the nexus of history, archeology, biology, medicine, and environme…
RT @TrendsParasitol: Very interesting @NatureOutlook by @louisa020 on how eliminating schistosomiasis in Egypt has not eliminated bladder c…
RT @bishoyh: Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/7QG4efYXEu
RT @ATQuickel: Egypt, the flatworm, and bladder cancer. Great article at the nexus of history, archeology, biology, medicine, and environme…
RT @TrendsParasitol: Very interesting @NatureOutlook by @louisa020 on how eliminating schistosomiasis in Egypt has not eliminated bladder c…
RT @TrendsParasitol: Very interesting @NatureOutlook by @louisa020 on how eliminating schistosomiasis in Egypt has not eliminated bladder c…
Very interesting @NatureOutlook by @louisa020 on how eliminating schistosomiasis in Egypt has not eliminated bladder cancer https://t.co/WXrvf7dd2A https://t.co/a1oTyFpwPr
RT @SeanOReganIRL: A fascinating story about the success - in part - of public health policy in Egypt. https://t.co/GkUHuVrHKB
A fascinating story about the success - in part - of public health policy in Egypt. https://t.co/GkUHuVrHKB
RT @PSchwartzstein: The flatworm's revenge: Egypt's millennia-long battle with bladder cancer. From penile sheaths to reusing syringes, aut…
Egypt, the flatworm, and bladder cancer. Great article at the nexus of history, archeology, biology, medicine, and environmental studies. https://t.co/xf4OqkZ0Op
RT @PSchwartzstein: The flatworm's revenge: Egypt's millennia-long battle with bladder cancer. From penile sheaths to reusing syringes, aut…
RT @PSchwartzstein: The flatworm's revenge: Egypt's millennia-long battle with bladder cancer. From penile sheaths to reusing syringes, aut…
RT @PSchwartzstein: The flatworm's revenge: Egypt's millennia-long battle with bladder cancer. From penile sheaths to reusing syringes, aut…
RT @PSchwartzstein: The flatworm's revenge: Egypt's millennia-long battle with bladder cancer. From penile sheaths to reusing syringes, aut…
The flatworm's revenge: Egypt's millennia-long battle with bladder cancer. From penile sheaths to reusing syringes, authorities in Cairo have come up with a lot of awful ways of tackling it. By @louisa020 https://t.co/2AXiy2UEb4
RT @bishoyh: Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/7QG4efYXEu
RT @CarrieCizauskas: Schistosoma haematobium has been known in Egypt for at least 3000 years, causes bladder cancer & bleeding, & was so pr…
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/7QG4efYXEu
Parasitic diseases (like schistosomiasis) have shaped the world in ways we can hardly comprehend. https://t.co/Gsu0FFuz1j
RT @CarrieCizauskas: Schistosoma haematobium has been known in Egypt for at least 3000 years, causes bladder cancer & bleeding, & was so pr…
RT @CarrieCizauskas: Schistosoma haematobium has been known in Egypt for at least 3000 years, causes bladder cancer & bleeding, & was so pr…
Schistosoma haematobium has been known in Egypt for at least 3000 years, causes bladder cancer & bleeding, & was so prevalent that the French in 1700s called Egypt "the only country where men menstruate" https://t.co/NYSu2ZoRct
RT @schisto_tom: Using molluscicides in the Nile: “It was a terrible idea” - historic lessons of location specific interventions. Interesti…
RT @fedegio3: The story of #schistosomiasis in Egypt and of its link to bladder cancer and liver cancer https://t.co/BzIQ9oZFWB
RT @NTDResearch: txs @phylofacts Interesting @nature article abt how successful control of #schisto in #egypt has revealed scale of smoking…
RT @NTDResearch: txs @phylofacts Interesting @nature article abt how successful control of #schisto in #egypt has revealed scale of smoking…
RT @NTDResearch: txs @phylofacts Interesting @nature article abt how successful control of #schisto in #egypt has revealed scale of smoking…
RT @NTDResearch: txs @phylofacts Interesting @nature article abt how successful control of #schisto in #egypt has revealed scale of smoking…
txs @phylofacts Interesting @nature article abt how successful control of #schisto in #egypt has revealed scale of smoking related bladder cancers https://t.co/uUcyLJeBzj #NTDS https://t.co/SU6K8bKX5D
RT @schisto_tom: Using molluscicides in the Nile: “It was a terrible idea” - historic lessons of location specific interventions. Interesti…
Using molluscicides in the Nile: “It was a terrible idea” - historic lessons of location specific interventions. Interesting article on the changing risks of cancer, from schistosomes to cigarettes, in Egypt. https://t.co/O48tGrt88q
RT @fedegio3: The story of #schistosomiasis in Egypt and of its link to bladder cancer and liver cancer https://t.co/BzIQ9oZFWB
RT @fedegio3: The story of #schistosomiasis in Egypt and of its link to bladder cancer and liver cancer https://t.co/BzIQ9oZFWB
RT @fedegio3: The story of #schistosomiasis in Egypt and of its link to bladder cancer and liver cancer https://t.co/BzIQ9oZFWB
RT @fedegio3: The story of #schistosomiasis in Egypt and of its link to bladder cancer and liver cancer https://t.co/BzIQ9oZFWB
The story of #schistosomiasis in Egypt and of its link to bladder cancer and liver cancer https://t.co/BzIQ9oZFWB
Fascinating read for a Sunday morning. https://t.co/7ZIe8dGCMf
Sunday read: How Egypt’s men swapped one type of bladder cancer for another https://t.co/WSpKio9FKJ https://t.co/LUWTRoH7hd
RT @arabist: Egypt: The flatworm's revenge | Nature: https://t.co/XhMHrai3iN Louise Sarant on bladder cancer in Egypt.
RT @arabist: Egypt: The flatworm's revenge | Nature: https://t.co/XhMHrai3iN Louise Sarant on bladder cancer in Egypt.
RT @arabist: Egypt: The flatworm's revenge | Nature: https://t.co/XhMHrai3iN Louise Sarant on bladder cancer in Egypt.
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge | Nature: https://t.co/XhMHrai3iN Louise Sarant on bladder cancer in Egypt.
RT @DrChelseaLWood: Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/Gt0qUYllVC
RT @louisa020: Egypt's #bladder #cancer rates are off the roof, but the epidemiology of the disease has morphed over the last century. Orig…
RT @louisa020: Egypt's #bladder #cancer rates are off the roof, but the epidemiology of the disease has morphed over the last century. Orig…
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/Gt0qUYllVC
RT @zakster22: Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/CyTKMUHZ0b
RT @NTD_SC: .@nature tells us more about the problem of #schistosomiasis and Egypt: https://t.co/VWdLVGxvV3 #NTDs
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/CyTKMUHZ0b
Egypt's #bladder #cancer rates are off the roof, but the epidemiology of the disease has morphed over the last century. Originally caused by #bilharzia parasitic flatworms lurking in the #Nile, it is now mostly a result of #smoking. https://t.co/paJtBhMr6m
RT @NTD_SC: .@nature tells us more about the problem of #schistosomiasis and Egypt: https://t.co/VWdLVGxvV3 #NTDs
RT @NTD_SC: .@nature tells us more about the problem of #schistosomiasis and Egypt: https://t.co/VWdLVGxvV3 #NTDs
RT @NTD_SC: .@nature tells us more about the problem of #schistosomiasis and Egypt: https://t.co/VWdLVGxvV3 #NTDs
.@nature tells us more about the problem of #schistosomiasis and Egypt: https://t.co/VWdLVGxvV3 #NTDs
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/n4reJcMhrM
Egypt: The flatworm's revenge https://t.co/KBCNnz9kZW