Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Helminthiases (B65-B83)»Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis] (B65)

B65

Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]

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Schistosomiasis23 drugs (12 approved, 11 experimental)

Infection with flukes (trematodes) of the genus SCHISTOSOMA. Three species produce the most frequent clinical diseases: SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM (endemic in Africa and the Middle East), SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI (in Egypt, northern and southern Africa, some West Indies islands, northern 2/3 of South America), and SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM (in Japan, China, the Philippines, Celebes, Thailand, Laos). S. mansoni is often seen in Puerto Ricans living in the United States.