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Women, and children, are put, at a high, risk, of being,

infected, by HIV, through, schiostosomiasis,

transmission, is usually, through,

contaminated, water, in streams, and lakes,

women, and children, do their household, chores,

by the water, are likely, to acquire, the disease,

washing, clothes, collecting, water, bathing, and swimming,

Women, who have schiostosomiasis, lesions,

are three, times more,

likely, to be infected, with HIV,

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Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis, (bilharzia,) is a parasitic, disease,

caused, by the parasitic, flat, worm, hookworms, roundworms,

and other amoebas,

They can aggravate, malnutrition, by depleting, essential,

nutrients, through, intestinal, blood, loss, and chronic,

diarrhea,

Chronic, worm, infections, can further burden,

the immune, system,

At the same time, chronic worm, infections,

can cause immune, activation, that increases susceptibility,

of HIV infection, and vulnerability, to HIV,

replication, once infected,

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Contaminated water

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80%, of the 200 million, people, worldwide,

who have, schiostosomiasis, live, in sub-Saharan, Africa,

Infections, occur, in contaminated, water, where

freshwater, snails, release, larval, forms, of the parasite,

After, penetrating, the skin, and eventually, traveling,

to the intestines, or the urinary, tract,

the parasite, lays, eggs, and infects, those organs,

It damages, the intestines, bladder, and other organs,

and can lead to anemia, and protein-energy, deficiency.

Along with malaria, schiostosomiasis, is one of the most,

important, parasitic, cofactors, aiding, in HIV transmission.

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Medical Equipment

Women, who have, schiostosomiasis, lesions,

are three, times, more, likely, to be infected, with HIV,

Women, also have a higher, risk, of HIV, transmission,

through, the use, of medical, equipment, such as needles,

Because, more women, than men, use health, services,

especially, during pregnancy, they are more, likely,

to come, across, unsterilized, needles, for injections,

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Studies show

studies, show, this mode, of HIV, transmission,

may, be, higher, than reported,

This increased, risk, of contracting, HIV,

through, non-sexual, means,

has social, consequences, for women,

Over half, of the husbands,

of HIV-positive, women, in Africa,

tested, HIV-negative,

When HIV-positive, women,

reveal, their HIV, status, to their, HIV-negative, husbands,

they, are often, accused, of infidelity, and face, violence,

and abandonment, from their, family, and community,

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