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ANCYLOSTOMIASIS AND BILHARZIASIS IN EGYPT

ANCYLOSTOMIASIS AND BILHARZIASIS IN EGYPT Egypt has four diseases that incapacitate and cause the death of a high percentage of the population: bilharziasis, ancylostomiasis, ophthalmia and pellagra. Ancylostomiasis is endemic in Egypt. A similar disease was depicted by the ancient Egyptians, but ancylostoma worms were first found in Egypt by Pruner in 1847 at necropsies in Cairo. Bilharz and Griesinger, in 1853, connected these parasites with "Egyptian anemia," which they estimated to be the cause of more than one fourth of all deaths in Egypt. Until 1913, however, no exact knowledge as to the incidence of ancylostomiasis was available. In that year the first serious attempt by the government to deal with this disease was undertaken. The Public Health Laboratories, Cairo, have recently published a report of this work, which began with a survey in 1914. Among 29,281 persons examined, 60.8 per cent, were found to be infected, and 11,280 persons were admitted to hospitals. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

ANCYLOSTOMIASIS AND BILHARZIASIS IN EGYPT

JAMA , Volume 84 (21) – May 23, 1925
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1925 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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10.1001/jama.1925.02660470037016
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Egypt has four diseases that incapacitate and cause the death of a high percentage of the population: bilharziasis, ancylostomiasis, ophthalmia and pellagra. Ancylostomiasis is endemic in Egypt. A similar disease was depicted by the ancient Egyptians, but ancylostoma worms were first found in Egypt by Pruner in 1847 at necropsies in Cairo. Bilharz and Griesinger, in 1853, connected these parasites with "Egyptian anemia," which they estimated to be the cause of more than one fourth of all deaths in Egypt. Until 1913, however, no exact knowledge as to the incidence of ancylostomiasis was available. In that year the first serious attempt by the government to deal with this disease was undertaken. The Public Health Laboratories, Cairo, have recently published a report of this work, which began with a survey in 1914. Among 29,281 persons examined, 60.8 per cent, were found to be infected, and 11,280 persons were admitted to hospitals.

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Published: May 23, 1925

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