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Schistosomiasis and water-related practices in school girls in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Svein Gunnar GundersenEyrun Floerecke KjetlandJane KvalsvigD.e. Thomassen MorgasMyra Taylor

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Female circumcisionEpidemiologyHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Waterborne diseasesSchistosomiasisDermatologyBiologymedicine.diseasemedicine.disease_causeInfectious DiseasesSchistosoma haematobium infectionEnvironmental healthparasitic diseasesImmunologymedicineHelminthsRural areaKwazulu natal

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There is increasing evidence of an association between female genital Schistosoma haematobium infection and HIV. In KwaZulu-Natal, we aimed to explore girls' water contact practice and to determine...

https://doi.org/10.1080/10158782.2010.11441406