Schistosomiasis in South Central Africa: A Clinico-Pathological Study

This monograph represents a fairly comprehensive review of the clinical aspects, diagnostic features and pathology of schistosomiasis in Africa, due to Schistosoma haematobium and/or S. mansoni. The area involved covers the population of south central Africa and Southern Rhodesia but also includes laborers from Northern Rhodesia, Portuguese Africa and Nyasaland. The monograph is divided into an introductory chapter, which describes the terrain and biologic aspects of schistosomiasis, chapters dealing with incidence figures and detailed chapters dealing with urinary, intestinal and pulmonary schistosomiasis, schistosomiasis of the liver and adnexa, of the central nervous system, of the female genital organs and, finally, a chapter on diagnostic aids. The author contributes much information, apparently based on his own experience, but not hitherto contained in published material. This is especially true in the chapter dealing with central nervous system schistosomiasis, where he states that involvement of the brain by S. mansoni or S. haematobium