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Trematodescontinued Clinical Microbiology Review 256

ROUTE OF LOCATION

TREMATODE INFECTION OF ADULT DIAGNOSTIC STAGE OTHER

Schistosoma

japonicum

Skin penetration Intestinal venules Ova in feces. Ovoid. 90 × 70 μm. Minute lateral Blood fluke.

spine.

(From Leventhal R, Cheadle RF. Medical

Parasitology: A Self-Instructional Text, 5th ed.

Philadelphia: FA Davis; 2002:74.)

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