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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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