Schistosoma mekongi is a trematode, also known as a flatworm or fluke. It is one of the five major schistosomes that account for all human infections, the other four being S. haematobium, S. mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. intercalatum. This trematode causes schistosomiasis

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...

 in humans, which is the second most common parasitic disease afflicting humans.

Freshwater snail Neotricula aperta

Neotricula aperta

Neotricula aperta is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.This species serves as an intermediate host for Schistosoma mekongi.-Distribution:This species occurs:...

serves as 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 mekongi.

External links

• Schistosoma, blood fluke at Metapathogen.com
• "ParaSite: Schistosoma Mekongi"