Schistosomiasis japonica - a complex health problem
Schistosomiasis is a "chronic or slow progressive and debilitating disease" (Pesigan, 1961) caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. It is known the world over as bilharziasis. The fever that is usually manifested by the person who has the parasite and the fact that snail serves as...
Published in: | Leyte-Samar Studies Vol. Vol. I, no. 1 (1967), 115-125 |
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