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schistosomiasis
n.
(Medicine) infection caused by parasitic bacteria from the genus Schistosoma (causes anemia, pain, and organ malfunction)
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis, also known as
bilharzia,
snail fever, and
Katayama fever, is a disease caused by
parasitic flat worms of the
Schistosoma genus. It may infect the
urinary tract or the
intestines. Signs and symptoms may include abdominal pain,
diarrhea,
bloody stool, or
blood in the urine. In those who have been infected
chronically,
liver damage,
kidney failure,
infertility, or
bladder cancer may occur. In children, it may cause poor growth and
learning difficulty.
schistosomiasis
Noun
1. an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected
(synonym) bilharzia, bilharziasis
(hypernym) infestation
Schistosomiasis
Disease of liver, gastrointestinal tract and bladder caused by trematode worms that parasitize people. The infection is acquired from infested water. Three main species of these trematode worms (flukes)--Schistosoma haematobium, S. japonicum, and S. mansoni—cause disease in humans. Larval forms of the parasite live in freshwater snails. The cercaria (form of the parasite) is liberated from the snail burrow into skin, transforms to the schistosomulum stage, and migrates to the urinary tract (S. haematobium), liver or intestine (S. japonicum, S.mansoni) where the adult worms develop. Eggs are shed into the urinary tract or the intestine and hatch to form miracidia (yet another form of the parasite) which then infect snails, completing the life cycle of the parasite. Adult schistosome worms can seriously damage tissue. Schistosome species which cannot live in man cause swimmer’s itch. Schistosomiasis is also called bilharzia after the shortlived German physician Theodor Bilharz (1825-1862)
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