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Schistosoma
Used for:
blood fluke
Used for:
Schistosoma hematobium
Broader Terms:
Trematoda
Narrower Terms:
Schistosoma japonicum
Narrower Terms:
Schistosoma mansoni
Related Terms:
Biomphalaria
Related Terms:
schistosomiasis
Scope Note:
genus of digenetic trematodes, including the important blood flukes of humans and domestic animals, that cause schistosomiasis; characterized by elongate shape, by separate sexes with marked sexual dimorphism, by their unusual location in the smaller blood vessels of their host, and by utilization of water snails as intermediate hosts.
Term Number:
0182-3700
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