- Schistosoma mekongi
Taxobox
name = "Schistosoma mekongi"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Platyhelminthes
classis =Trematoda
subclassis =Digenea
ordo =Strigeidida
genus = "Schistosoma "
species = "S. mekongi"
binomial = "Schistosoma mekongi"
binomial_authority = Voge, Bruckner & Bruce, 1978"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 in humans, which is the second most common parasitic disease afflicting humans.Fact|date=February 2008
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