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When a Simple Swim Carries a Risk of Dangerous Illness

The parasitic infection schistosomiasis affects an estimated 200 million people globally, many of them children. But campaigns to identify and treat it face formidable hurdles.

© Taiwo Aina for The New York Times

Mohammed Aliyu, 11, said his eyes were itchy and he sometimes felt odd movements around them. He had contracted schistosomiasis in the past.
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