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blood fluke, a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, genus Schistosoma, including the species S. haematobium, S. japonicum, and S. mansoni. See also Schistosoma, schistosomiasis. blood fluke see schistosoma and other less common genera of the family Schistosomatidae. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Schistosomes are blood flukes, or flatworms, that infect people through the skin during the parasite's waterborne larval stage. The tiny blood fluke (Schistosoma mansoni), for example, emerges from a snail and swims through tropical waters in Africa or South America in search of soft human skin. Bullard had identified one novel parasite, a blood fluke. |
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