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Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by parasitism of schistosoma in human body. There are mainly six types of schistosoma that are capable of parasitizing in humans. In China, schistosomiasis is commonly caused by Schistosoma japonicum Katsurada, which is known as Schistosomiasis japonica. In this chapter, we focus on Schistosomiasis japonica.
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Pan, J. (2015). Schistosomiasis. In: Li, H. (eds) Radiology of Infectious Diseases: Volume 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9876-1_28
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