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Similarly bilharzia in my mother tongue – Shona from Zimbabwe – is called the disease of cognitive function.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 May 2024
Honorine could stay home in the mornings and bilharzia, a disease caused by parasites that live in dirty water, was no longer plaguing the community.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 22 Mar. 2023
Honorine could stay home and bilharzia, a disease caused by parasites that live in dirty water, was no longer plaguing the community.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 23 Mar. 2023
Her work at the Weizmann Institute focuses on synthetic vaccines related to the development of an influenza and anti-cancer vaccine, drug targeting (particularly against malignancies) and the study of immune response against the parasite that causes bilharzia.
—Jns Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2022
The woman approached the child’s grandmother for permission to bring the child to a clinic, which diagnosed and began treating the child for bilharzia.
—Thalia Beaty, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
But locals are proud to say that Lake Bunyonyi, free of bilharzia, crocodiles, and hippos, is one of the safest lakes on the continent.
—Outside Online, 18 May 2015
Herzog also contracted bilharzia, a nasty parasite.
—Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever and bilharzia, is a parasitic worm infection that slowly destroys the kidneys and liver.
—The Economist, 23 June 2018
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 May 2024
Honorine could stay home in the mornings and bilharzia, a disease caused by parasites that live in dirty water, was no longer plaguing the community.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 22 Mar. 2023
Honorine could stay home and bilharzia, a disease caused by parasites that live in dirty water, was no longer plaguing the community.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 23 Mar. 2023
Her work at the Weizmann Institute focuses on synthetic vaccines related to the development of an influenza and anti-cancer vaccine, drug targeting (particularly against malignancies) and the study of immune response against the parasite that causes bilharzia.
—Jns Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2022
The woman approached the child’s grandmother for permission to bring the child to a clinic, which diagnosed and began treating the child for bilharzia.
—Thalia Beaty, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
But locals are proud to say that Lake Bunyonyi, free of bilharzia, crocodiles, and hippos, is one of the safest lakes on the continent.
—Outside Online, 18 May 2015
Herzog also contracted bilharzia, a nasty parasite.
—Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever and bilharzia, is a parasitic worm infection that slowly destroys the kidneys and liver.
—The Economist, 23 June 2018
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“Bilharzia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bilharzia. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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Bilharzia
2 of 2 nountaxonomic synonym of schistosoma
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