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The causative agent: schistosomes P Cercariae Snail Miracidia S. haematobium eggs from urine . It is caused by the trematode worm cause Schistosoma and the common species are Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum Visible clinical signs is blood in urine or bloody stool oral sucker oesophagus male. gynaecophoric- canal female- place of fusion- of crura yolk glands- Eggs Fig. 2 The life cycle of S. haematobium. Adapted from Countdown (https://countdown. Istmed.ac.uk). The life cycle of the parasite intestine -yolk glands Adult schistosome acetabulum ovary Image credit: http://www.abdn.ac.uk Cercaria (the infective stage)

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