Schistosomiasis
- Synopsis
- An estimated 200 million people and countless domestic animals in the tropics and sub-tropics suffer from schistosomiasis (bilharzia), and perhaps 400 million others are at risk. The video uses cinemicrography and graphics to show the life cycle of ‘Schistosoma mansoni’ one of five principal species of schistosome, noting those features which help explain the failure to produce an effective vaccine against human schistosomiasis. (28 minutes)
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 1990
- Notes
- Reviewed in British Council FVR 203 (12/90).
Reviewed by A M Schofield in ‘Journal of Biological Education’ Vol 26, No 3 (1992). NB Flash 8 required - Uses
- Medical students, particularly students of tropical medicine.
- Subjects
- Biology; Medical sciences
- Keywords
- immunisation; schistosomiasis; tropical diseases
Online availability
- URI
- http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/record=b1674838
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Douglas Fisher
- Writer
- Diane McLaren; L G Goodwin
- Cast
Douglas Fisher
Production Company
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Wellcome Film
- misc@wellcome.ac.uk
- Web
- http://wellcomelibrary.org/about-us/about-the-collections/moving-image-and-sound-collection/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7611 8766
- Fax
- 020 7611 8577
- Address
- Moving Image & Sound Collections
Wellcome Library
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
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