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== ''Schistosoma'' Species ==
*The schistosomes are also known as "blood-flukes"
*There are several important species producing serious human and animal disease in the tropics
*The pathology is mostly associated with the passage of eggs through the liver, urinary bladder or intestinal wall (depending on the predilection site of the fluke)
*As their common name suggests, the adults live in blood vessels
|sublink1=Trematodes
*Unusually for a trematode, the sexes are separate
*The smaller female lies enveloped by the male
*The eggs of most species have spikes to assist their passage through host tissue to get into faeces or urine (depending on predilection site)
*The intermediate hosts are water snails
*On release, the cercariae swim in water and actively seek their final host, which they enter by skin penetration
**There is therefore no metacercaria stage
==Test yourself with the Trematodes Flashcards==
[[Trematodes_Flashcards|Trematodes Flashcards]]
==Literature Search==
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[http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2007/20073155212.pdf '''Schistosomes causing cercarial dermatitis: a mini-review of current trends in systematics and of host specificity and pathogenicity'''. Kolářová, L.; Moravec, F.; Scholz, T.; Bukva, V.; Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Folia Parasitologica, 2007, 54, 2, pp 81-87, many ref. - '''Full Text Article''']
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