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The life cycle of schistosomes includes two hosts: humans as definitive hosts, where the parasite undergoes sexual reproduction, and snails as intermediate hosts, where a series of asexual reproduction takes place. S. mansoni is transmitted through water, where freshwater snails of the genus Biomphalaria act as intermediate hosts. The larvae ...
The life cycle stages: [43] The excretion of schistosome eggs in urine or feces depending on the species; The hatching of the eggs leads to the release of the free-swimming, ciliated larvae called miracidia; Miracidia find and penetrate the snails, which are the intermediate hosts (specific species of snails are dependent on the species of ...
The life cycle of Schistosoma mansoni was determined by the Brazilian parasitologist Pirajá da Silva (1873-1961) in 1908. [42] In 2009, the genomes of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum were decoded [33] [34] opening the way for new targeted treatments.
It has also shown that the spirorchiids are the closest relations of the schistosoma. An outline of the evolution of the schistosoma is now possible. The ancestral species infected freshwater turtles and the life cycle included gastropod hosts. Some of these species in their turn infected the marine turtles. [3]
Biomphalaria glabrata is an intermediate snail host for the trematode Schistosoma mansoni, which is one of the main schistosomes that infect humans. [2] This snail is a medically important pest , [ 3 ] because of transferring the disease intestinal schistosomiasis , the most widespread of all types of schistosomiasis .
Schistosoma haematobium (urinary blood fluke) is a species of digenetic trematode, belonging to a group (genus) of blood flukes (Schistosoma). It is found in Africa and the Middle East. It is the major agent of schistosomiasis, the most prevalent parasitic infection in humans. [1]
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The females (size 7 to 20 mm; males slightly smaller) deposit eggs in the small venules of the portal and perivesical systems. The eggs are moved progressively toward the lumen of the intestine (S. mansoni and S. japonicum) and of the bladder and ureters (S. haematobium), and are eliminated with feces or urine, respectively (1).