Medicinal plants sold for treatment of bacterial and parasitic diseases in humans in Maputo city markets, Mozambique

Table 3 Most cited diseases by the informants by medical category and disease

Medical category^a	Disease	n	%
Certain infectious or parasitic diseases	Helminthiases	33	28%
	Dysentery	8	7%
	Tuberculosis^b	5	4%
	Schistosomiasis	2	2%
Diseases of the digestive system	Diarrhea	21	18%
	Haemorrhoids	5	4%
	Abdominal Pain	1	1%
Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes	Wounds	19	16%
Symptoms or signs involving the respiratory system	Cough	11	9%
Diseases of the genitourinary system	UTI	11	9%
Diseases of the nervous system	Epilepsy	4	3%

^aThe medical categories were found in the International Classification of Diseases 11th Edition from the WHO (https://icd.who.int/en)
^bTuberculosis of the respiratory system

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