Increased vascularity in cervicovaginal mucosa with Schistosoma haematobium infection.

• Main Authors: Peter Mark Jourdan (Author), Borghild Roald (Author), Gabriele Poggensee (Author), Svein Gunnar Gundersen (Author), Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Close to 800 million people in the world are at risk of schistosomiasis, 85 per cent of whom live in Africa. Recent studies have indicated that female genital schistosomiasis might increase the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The aim of this study is to quantify and...