Schistosoma mansoni

Schistosoma mansoni is a significant parasite of humans, a trematode that is one of the major agents of the disease schistosomiasis which is one type of helminthiasis, a neglected tropical disease. The schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni is intestinal schistosomiasis.

Characteristics
Shape and Size
males are 1 cm long and 0.1 cm wide. Females are 1.2 to 1.6 cm long by 0.016 cm wide.
Genome Information
Schistosoma mansoni strain Puerto Rico chromosome W, RefSeq HE601631.1, linear DNA, Size 59.51 Mb, GC% 35.0, Protein 1,994, tRNA 302, Other RNA 5, Gene 2,592, Pseudogene 1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/HE601631.1
Food Source
contaminated food
Pathological Factor
Acute schistosomiasis (Katayama syndrome) is a systemic, serum sickness-like illness that develops after several weeks in some, but not most, individuals with new schistosomal infections. It may correspond to the first cycle of egg deposition and is associated with marked peripheral eosinophilia and circulating immune complexes. It is most common with S japonicum and S mansoni infections and is most likely to occur in heavily infected individuals after primary infection.
Disease
acute schistosomiasis, Urinary schistosomiasis
Symptoms
fever, headache, generalized myalgia, abdominal pain, vertigo, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and fatigue, dysuria, hematuria ,proteinuria, calcification in the bladder, obstruction of the ureter, renal colic, hydronephrosis, and renal failure
Affected Body Organs
circulatory system, kidneys, gastro intestinal organs

Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Trematoda
Order Strigeidida
Family Schistosomatidae
Genus Schistosoma
Species S. Mansoni