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The disease is schistosomiasis sometimes known as bilharzia. 250 million people across subSaharan Africa are thought to have the disease already, with as many again under threat. I' m joining the museum parasitologist Dr Russell Stothard and his team. Every three months, they visit remote communities like this, to undertake a pioneering study into the transmission and treatment of the disease. My name is Chris. You speak Swahili? I know. How does schistosomiasis affect this community? How is it making these kids feel? Well, the disease has many manifestations. Most predominantly it causes the liver to swell and also spleens to swell. The amounts of blood in the body goes down and they become anaemic. And in extreme cases, we see children who are stunted. And what' s the longterm effect of the disease? Will it have more serious consequences later in life? It does kill you. It takes a long period of time to do that, so it' s a chronic disease. |
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zhè jiù shì xuè xī chóng bìng, yě bèi chēng wéi zhù xī chóng bìng, fēi zhōu sā hā lā shā mò yǐ nán, 2. 5 yì rén huàn yǒu zhè zhǒng jí bìng, hái yǒu hěn duō rén miàn lín zhe wēi xié. wǒ jiāng cān yù bó wù guǎn de jì shēng chóng xué jiā, lā sāi ěr sī tuō sà hā dé yī shēng hé qí tuán duì dāng xià de gōng zuò. měi sān ge yuè tā men dōu huì tàn fǎng zhè yàng de biān yuán chéng zhèn, jìn xíng guān yú zhè zhǒng jí bìng de chuán bō hé zhì liáo, yǐ jí kāi chuàng xìng de yán jiū. wǒ jiào kè lǐ sī nǐ huì shuō sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔ ma wǒ huì xuè xī chóng bìng shì rú hé yǐng xiǎng zhè lǐ de, huàn bìng de hái zi yǒu shén me bù shì? zhè zhǒng jí bìng yǒu zhū duō zhèng zhuàng, tā zhǔ yào huì dǎo zhì gān zàng hé pí zāng zhǒng zhàng, tǐ nèi de xuè liàng xià jiàng, rán hòu dǎo zhì pín xuè, zài jí duān qíng kuàng xià, wǒ men guān chá dào hái zi men huì fā yù bù liáng. nà zhè zhǒng jí bìng huì yǒu shén me cháng qī yǐng xiǎng ma? zài yǐ hòu de shēng huó zhōng huì yǒu gèng yán zhòng de hòu guǒ ma? tā huì ràng rén sòng mìng, zhè huì jīng lì hěn zhǎng shí jiān, suǒ yǐ tā shì màn xìng bìng. |