Definition of "bilharzia" []

• See schistosome. (noun)

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• "The new commitments aim to eradicate or reduce leprosy, lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis), blinding trachoma, sleeping sickness, Guinea worm, schistosomiasis (also called bilharzia), river blindness, soil-transmitted helminthes, Chagas disease and visceral leishmaniasis."
• "The disease they caused, known as bilharzia or schistosomiasis, drained the energy of hundreds of millions of people who were supposed to build European empires."
• "Schistosomiasis (also known as bilharzia) is one of the most prevalent diseases spread by the use of irrigation water, especially slowly moving water in canals, lakes, and rivers."