Human schistosomiasis
Human schistosomiasis
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Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd
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English
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Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd
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Summary Human schistosomiasis—or bilharzia—is a parasitic disease caused by trematode flukes of the genus Schistosoma . By conservative estimates, at least 230 million people worldwide are infected with Schistosoma spp. Adult schistosome worms colonise human blood vessels for years, successfully evading the immune system while excreting hundreds to...
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Human schistosomiasis
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4672382
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4672382
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0140-6736
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1474-547X
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10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61949-2
