Encyclopedia of Parasitology

Living Edition
| Editors: Heinz Mehlhorn

Bilharziosis

Living reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_398-2

Synonyms

Schistosomiasis, Man

The name was given in honor of Theodor Bilharz (1825–1862), a German physician who discovered the Schistosoma worms in Egypt in 1851–1852 and described them originally as Diplostomum.

Keywords

German Physician Schistosoma Worm 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und ParasitologieHeinrich-Heine-UniversitätDüsseldorfGermany