Schistosoma

Schistosoma /Schis·to·so·ma/ (-so´mah) a genus of blood flukes, including S. haemato´bium of Africa, S. japon´icum of East Asia, S. manso´ni of Africa, South America, and the West Indies, and S. intercala´tum of Central Africa. The invertebrate hosts are snails. Human infection (schistosomiasis) follows contact with contaminated water; flukes penetrate the skin, enter the bloodstream, and make their way to other organs.schistoso´mal

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Schis·to·so·ma (shst-sm, sks-)

n.

A genus of digenetic trematodes that includes the blood flukes of humans and domestic animals that cause schistosomiasis. Also called Bilharzia.

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Schistosoma

a genus of elongated dioecious trematodes which inhabit blood vessels of the host. The eggs are found in the wall of the bladder, uterus and urethra. Includes S. bovis (ruminants), S. curassoni (ruminants), S. haematobium (humans), S. incognitum (pigs, dogs), S. indicum (ruminants, horses), S. intercalatum (humans, ruminants, horses), S. japonicum (humans, many other species), S. magrebowiei (ruminants, zebra), S. lieperi (wild artiodactyls), S. mansoni (humans, wild animals), S. mattheei (most species), S. mekongi (humans, dogs), S. nasalis (ruminants, horses), S. rodhaini (dogs, rodents), S. spindale (ruminants, dogs), S. suis (see S. incognitum, above).