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Trematodescontinued Clinical Microbiology Review 257

ROUTE OF LOCATION

TREMATODE INFECTION OF ADULT DIAGNOSTIC STAGE OTHER

Schistosoma

haematobium

Note: All trematodes have a snail as an intermediate host.

Blood fluke. Only

parasite of urinary

system.

Skin penetration Bladder venules Ova in urine. Elongated. 140 × 60 μm. Terminal

spine.

(From Leventhal R, Cheadle RF. Med-

ical Parasitology: A Self-Instructional

Text, 5th ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis;

2002:75.)