Schistosoma intercalatum
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Schistosoma intercalatum is an important parasite. It is one of the major agents of schistosomiasis
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A freshwater snail Bulinus forskalii
is an intermediate host
for Schistosoma intercalatum.
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by several species of trematodes , a parasitic worm of the genus Schistosoma. Snails often act as an intermediary agent for the infectious diseases until a new human host is found...
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A freshwater snail Bulinus forskalii
Bulinus forskalii
Bulinus forskalii is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.- Distribution :...
is an intermediate host
Intermediate host
A secondary host or intermediate host is a host that harbors the parasite only for a short transition period, during which some developmental stage is completed. For trypanosomes, the cause of sleeping sickness, humans are the primary host, while the tsetse fly is the secondary host...
for Schistosoma intercalatum.