| These can be infected with water-borne parasites such as schistosomiasis, which is responsible for the disease bilharzia. |
| Malnutrition is common, making it possible for tropical diseases such as malaria and bilharzia to spread. |
| A serious bilharzia outbreak has hit Mazabuka district affecting the daily classroom attendance by pupils in the classroom. |
| More than 33,000 cases of cholera have been reported, while malaria, anaemia and bilharzia have ravaged the population over the last few months. |
| He contracted bilharzia, then usually fatal, and wrote to his family asking for his body to be flown home and buried in the Varenne valley. |
| As in other parts of Zambia, tropical diseases such as malaria, bilharzia, and intestinal worms are quite common among the group. |
