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A trematode found in the Mekong delta near Khong Island in southern Laos and northern Cambodia that causes schistosomiasis mekongi.
Schistosoma mekongi
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(mā-kông'ī, -kông'gī)
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Schistosoma mekongi is a trematode, also known as a flatworm or fluke. It is one of the five major schistosomes that account for all human infections, the other four being S. haematobium, S. mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. intercalatum. This trematode causes schistosomiasis in humans, which is the second most common parasitic disease afflicting humans.[citation needed]
Freshwater snail Neotricula aperta serves as an intermediate host for Schistosoma mekongi.[1]
References
- ^ Attwood S. W., Fatih F. A. & Upatham E. S. 2008. DNA-Sequence Variation Among Schistosoma mekongi Populations and Related Taxa; Phylogeography and the Current Distribution of Asian Schistosomiasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2(3): e200. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000200.
External links
- Schistosoma, blood fluke at Metapathogen.com
- "ParaSite: Schistosoma Mekongi"
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