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2012·被引用1次—Schistosomesareparasiticblood-dwellingflukewormsbelongingtothegenusSchistosoma;family,Schistosomatidae;order,Digenea;class,Trematoda;phylum, ...

Earlier studies reported in the previous IARC Monograph (IARC, 1994[1]) have supported an association between the occurrence of urinary bladder cancer and S. haematobium infection (for more recent reviews, see for example Badawi et al., 1995[2]; Mostafa et al., 1999[3]; Mayer & Fried, 2007[4]). A substantial number of descriptive studies from Africa have shown that: the estimated incidence of urinary bladder cancer was higher in areas with a high prevalence of S. haematobium infection than in areas with a low prevalence; the estimated incidence of urinary bladder cancer was related to the proportion of cancerous urinary bladder specimens containing S. haematobium eggs or egg remnants; the sex ratio of urinary bladder cancer cases varied widely and corresponded to the relative involvement of men and women in agricultural work (a risk factor for S. haematobium ...