Kingdom Animalia Class Trematoda Order Strigeidida Scientific name Schistosoma mekongi | Phylum Platyhelminthes Subclass Digenea Genus Schistosoma Rank Species | |
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Similar Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma mansoni, Opisthorchis, Schistosoma malayensis | ||
Schistosoma mekongi is a trematode, also known as a flatworm or fluke. It is one of the five major schistosomes that account for all human infections, the other four being S. haematobium, S. mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. intercalatum. This trematode causes schistosomiasis in humans.
Freshwater snail Neotricula aperta serves as an intermediate host for Schistosoma mekongi.
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