Translations for „bilharzia“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

bil·har·zia [bɪlˈhɑ:ziə] N

bilharzia

bilharzija f

bilharzia

shistosomiaza f (parazitsko obolenje)

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English

The lake behind the dam has led to high rates of bilharzia infection, and mercury run-off from gold mining nearby the dam has polluted the city's water supply.

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As of 1982 the dam was infested with bilharzia snails and therefore can not be used for swimming.

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They urged us to do the same -- there is bilharzia here, they said, and perhaps worse -- but we declined.

www.spectator.co.uk

As for the bilharzia, a recent test suggested it is leaving his system.

www.cyclingweekly.co.uk

In one individual, we found the egg of a terminal spined schistosome, which is a flatworm parasite that causes schistosomiasis, also called bilharzia.

theconversation.com

The weeds provide the necessary habitat for black-fly, mosquitoes and snails, which are the vectors of water-borne illnesses such as bilharzia, river blindness and malaria.

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Snail fever, or bilharzia, causes a chronic illness which impairs growth and brain development in children.

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He discovered that antimony potassium tartrate was an effective drug in the treatment of bilharzia.

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And we swam in lakes full of bilharzia and never used a mosquito net although we lived in a malaria and tsetse fly (sleeping sickness) zone.

www.telegraph.co.uk

In the irrigated areas the incidence of water-borne diseases such as bilharzia increased substantially, while local fisheries delined sharply.

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