Forsyth D M, Bradley D J
Bull World Health Organ. 1966;34(5):715-35.
A survey of the prevalence of bilharsiasis and its consequences in north-west Tanzania showed that, although Schistosoma mansoni infections were light and had little effect on public health, S. haematobium, rampant in the area, was giving rise to hydronephrosis, ureteric lesions or non-functioning kidneys in more than 20% of the child population and in over 10% of the adults. These figures, from an unselected community sample, were higher than had been expected; in addition, evidence of a significant mortality of young men from this cause was obtained. S. haematobium in Tanzania is therefore of considerable public health importance.
对坦桑尼亚西北部血吸虫病的流行情况及其后果进行的一项调查显示,尽管曼氏血吸虫感染程度较轻,对公众健康影响不大,但该地区猖獗的埃及血吸虫却导致超过20%的儿童和超过10%的成年人出现肾积水、输尿管病变或肾功能丧失。这些来自未经过筛选的社区样本的数据高于预期;此外,还获得了因该病因导致年轻男性显著死亡的证据。因此,坦桑尼亚的埃及血吸虫病具有相当重要的公共卫生意义。