Schistosoma mansoni
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Schistosoma mansoni is a water-borne parasite of humans, and belongs to the group of blood flukes. The adult lives in the blood vessels near the human intestine. It causes intestinal schistosomiasis.
Schistosoma mansoni 2
A paired couple of Schistosoma mansoni.
Trematoda
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Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as trematodes, and commonly as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in wh
Schistosoma mansoni
…and most of it is due to S. mansoni. It is found in Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Brazil, Venezuela and Suriname. Unlike other flukes (trematodes) in which sexes are not separate (monoecious), schistosomes are unique in that adults are divided into males and females, thus, gonochoric. However, a…
Botulus microporus