出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/07 07:43 UTC 版)
A genus of trematodes, Schistosoma, commonly known as blood-flukes and bilharzia, includes flatworms which are responsible for a highly significant parasitic infection of humans by causing the disease schistosomiasis, and are considered by the World Health Organization as the second most important parasitic disease, next only to malaria, with hundreds of millions infected worldwide.