Bilharzia -- a simulator of cervical disease

Frost, O.

Ethiopian Medical Journal 17(3): 81-83

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0014-1755
PMID: 540659
Document Number: 147075
Five cases of schistosomiasis associated with lesions of the cervix are reported from Zimbabwe. Comparison of the prevalence of schistosomiasis between 4 groups of patients (including ones from a post-natal clinic, with a red cervix, with abnormal cytology, and with carcinoma of the cervix) suggest that the parasite is not a significant cause of cervical abnormalities.

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