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Increased vascularity in cervicovaginal mucosa with Schistosoma haematobium infection.

Peter Mark PM Jourdan, Borghild B Roald, Gabriele G Poggensee, Svein Gunnar SG Gundersen, and Eyrun Floerecke EF Kjetland

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(6):e1170 (2011) PMID 21666790

Close to 800 million people in the world are at risk of schistosomiasis, 85 per cent of whom live in Africa. Recent studies have indicated that female genital schistosomiasis might increase the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The aim of this study is to quantify and analyse the characteristics of the vasculature surrounding Schistosoma haematobium ova in the female genital mucosa.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001170
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