Light micrograph of adult intestinal blood flukes,Schistosoma mansoni,cause of schistosomasis,commonly known as bilharzia. The adults (male thick & bluish,female white threadlike) normally live in pairs in blood vessels of the small intestine,causing dysentery & diarrhoea. Their spiked eggs cause anaemia,inflammation & tissue scarring. The larvae develop in freshwater snails (intermediate host) & are released into the water. Humans (final host) are infected while bathing or working in contaminated water. The dark brown coloration,particularly noticable in the female,is half digested blood from a previous meal. Mag: X5 (35mm). These specimens were taken from the liver of a | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Stammers, Sinclair |
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