TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Schistosomiasis and Other Trematode Infections
A1  - Vennervald, Birgitte Jyding
A2  - Jameson, J. Larry
A2  - Fauci, Anthony S.
A2  - Kasper, Dennis L.
A2  - Hauser, Stephen L.
A2  - Longo, Dan L.
A2  - Loscalzo, Joseph
PY  - 2018
T2  - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
AB  - Trematodes,  or  flatworms,  are  a  group  of  helminths  that  belong  to  the  phylum  Platyhelminthes.  The  adult  flatworms  share  some  common  characteristics,  such  as  macroscopic  size  (from  one  to  several  centimeters);  dorsoventrally  flattened,  bilaterally  symmetric  bodies;  and  two  suckers—oral  and  ventral.  Except  for  schistosomes,  which  have  separate  sexes,  all  human  parasitic  trematodes  are  hermaphroditic.  Their  life  cycles  involve  a  mammalian/human  definitive  host,  in  which  sexual  reproduction  by  adult  worms  takes  place,  and  an  intermediate  host  (snails),  in  which  asexual  multiplication  occurs.  Some  species  of  trematodes  have  more  than  one  intermediate  host.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159155511
ER  -