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How Morocco Succeeds in Eliminating Schistosomiasis

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Endemic medicine
Infectious diseases

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is an endemic parasitic infection very linked to poverty. It is considered a world health problem since it infects people from 76 different countries especially tropical and subtropical regions. For many years, Morocco was endemic for shistosome infection. The unique form is urinary schistosomiasis and the first case was described in 1914. After an alarming prevalence rate (13 416 cases) in 1973, Morocco decided to establish a strategy to control and then to eliminate schistosomiasis through three major phases (control, elimination and consolidation). Since 2004 and until now, it isn't reported any new indigenous case. Morocco achieves the goal and succeeds in decreasing the prevalence of infection to a level of zero so eliminating schistosomiasis in all endemic geographic areas.

DOI

10.21608/aeji.2013.17313

Keywords

Schistosomiasis, elimination, Morocco

Authors

First Name

Zineb

Last Name

Tlamçani

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Affiliation

University Hospital Center Hassan II, Fes, Morocco

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tzineb@hotmail.fr

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Volume

3

Article Issue

2

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3642

Issue Date

2013-06-01

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2013-06-02

Publish Date

2013-06-01

Page Start

79

Page End

82

Print ISSN

2090-7613

Online ISSN

2090-7184

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AEJI_Volume 3_Issue 2_Pages 79-82.pdf

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/article_17313.html

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Review article and meta analysis

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620

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023