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HCV infection is a major public health problem in Egypt [ 6 7 8 ] . Blood bank and community-based surveys conducted in Egypt have reported sero-prevalence rates of HCV to be as high as 40% in some parts of the country [ 9 10 11 12 ] . These rates are substantially higher in the Nile Delta region compared with the rest of the country [ 13 ] . Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection transmitted to humans from snails that harbor the parasite.
This last discovery caused quite a stir in eighteenth-century France, leading to an “unprecedented assault” on snails as both naturalists and the general public participated in the quest for scientific knowledge by reproducing Spallanzani's intriguing results (Newth 1958).
Doctors are seeking superstrong, nonaddictive painkillers and may have found them in substances extracted from certain snails and frogs.
Hydra, earthworms, and planarians could regenerate their heads and tails (Pallas 1766; Lenhoff and Lenhoff 1986); salamanders could regenerate their limbs, tails, and jaws; premetamorphic frogs and toads could regenerate their tails and legs; slugs could regenerate their horns; and snails could regenerate their heads (Spallanzani 1769).
These slow flowing waters are infested with snails that serve as the vector for the schistosomal parasite.