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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Schistosomatidae —parasitic flatworms .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Giving further fuel to the debate is the recent finding that only one creature in the animal kingdom is 100% monogamous for life-- the Schistosoma mansonii, a parasitic worm that lives in the human body and engages in lifelong copulation with its mate.
Alison Patton: Is Monogamy in Marriage Unrealistic? Alison Patton 2011
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Consider the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni, a tiny missile just emerged from its snail and swimming through a pond in search of a human ankle.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Ever since then, the fluke Schistosoma mansoni has lived in our veins.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Schistosoma also known as the blood fluke infects more than 200 million people.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Schistosoma mansoni stops near the large intestine.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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If we were following Schistosoma haemotobium, it would take another route to the bladder.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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A review of schistosomiasis in immigrants in Western Australia, demonstrating the unusual longevity of Schistosoma mansoni.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The best studied are schistosomes, such as Schistosoma mansoni, which cause the disease schistisomiasis.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Evidence for immune-facilitated excretion of schistosome eggs from patients with Schistosoma mansoni and human immunodeficiency virus coinfections.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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In China, another blood fluke that had been living in rats, Schistosoma japonicum, moved into humans.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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