Definitions
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- proper n. A taxonomic genus within the family Schistosomatidae — parasitic flatworms.
Etymologies
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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.
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A review of schistosomiasis in immigrants in Western Australia, demonstrating the unusual longevity of Schistosoma mansoni.
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Evidence for immune-facilitated excretion of schistosome eggs from patients with Schistosoma mansoni and human immunodeficiency virus coinfections.
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If we were following Schistosoma haemotobium, it would take another route to the bladder.
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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.
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The best studied are schistosomes, such as Schistosoma mansoni, which cause the disease schistisomiasis.
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In China, another blood fluke that had been living in rats, Schistosoma japonicum, moved into humans.
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Schistosoma mansoni stops near the large intestine.
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Ever since then, the fluke Schistosoma mansoni has lived in our veins.
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Schistosoma also known as the blood fluke infects more than 200 million people.
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