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blood fluke

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blood fluke
n.

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.


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Bilharzias, also known as Schistosomiasis, or snail fever, is a primarily tropical parasitic disease caused by the larvae of one or more of five types of flatworms or blood flukes known as schistosomes.
China National Human Genome Center Schistosoma japonicum or blood fluke -- one of the major infectious parasites to a wide range of hosts including primates, rodents, carnivores, and humans -- has evolved for thousands of years.
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