Male Genital Schistosomiasis Along the Shoreline of Lake Malawi: Baseline Prevalence and Associated Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Local Fishermen in Mangochi District, Malawi

• Main Authors: Sekeleghe A. Kayuni (Author), Mohammad H. Alharbi (Author), Peter Makaula (Author), Fanuel Lampiao (Author), Lazarus Juziwelo (Author), E. James LaCourse (Author), J. Russell Stothard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) is an often-overlooked chronic consequence of urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS) associated with Schistosoma haematobium eggs and associated pathologies in the genital system of afflicted men. Despite the first formal description of MGS in 1911 by Madden, its epidemi...