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Terme préférentiel

Schistosomiasis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • Infection with flukes (trematodes) of the genus SCHISTOSOMA. Three species produce the most frequent clinical diseases: SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM (endemic in Africa and the Middle East), SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI (in Egypt, northern and southern Africa, some West Indies islands, northern 2/3 of South America), and SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM (in Japan, China, the Philippines, Celebes, Thailand, Laos). S. mansoni is often seen in Puerto Ricans living in the United States.

Synonyme(s)

  • Bilharziasis
  • Katayama Fever
  • Schistoma Infection

Traductions

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-N855J9VX-C

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 10/06/2019