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schistosomes
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Schistosoma
A
genus
of
trematodes
,
Schistosoma
, commonly known as
blood-flukes
, are
parasitic
flatworms
responsible for a highly significant group of
infections
in
humans
termed
schistosomiasis
. Schistosomiasis is considered by the
World Health Organization
as the second most socioeconomically devastating parasitic
disease
, (after
malaria
), with hundreds of millions infected worldwide.
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