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Schistosoma mansoni

"Schistosoma mansoni" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A species of trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. It is common in the Nile delta. The intermediate host is the planorbid snail. This parasite causes schistosomiasis mansoni and intestinal bilharziasis.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Schistosoma mansoni" by people in this website by year, and whether "Schistosoma mansoni" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 11 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2021
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