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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Sekeleghe A. Kayuni, Mohammad H. Alharbi, Peter Makaula, Fanuel Lampiao, Lazarus Juziwelo, E. James LaCourse, J. Russell Stothard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
MGS
S. haematobium
fishermen
semen
Lake Malawi
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.590695/full

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