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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Platyhelminths > Trematoda > Schistosomatidae > Schistosoma > Schistosoma mansoni

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Schistosoma mansoni  

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  • infection = SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A species of trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. It is common in the Nile delta. The intermediate host is the planorbid snail. This parasite causes schistosomiasis mansoni and intestinal bilharziasis.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012550

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