Schistosomiasis classification

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Schistosomiasis may be classified into intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis based on the organ involvement.

Organ involved	Species	Geographical distribution
Intestinal schistosomiasis	Schistosoma mansoni	Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Brazil, Venezuela and Suriname
	Schistosoma japonicum	China, Indonesia, the Philippines
	Schistosoma mekongi	Several districts of Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
	Schistosoma guineensis Schistosoma intercalatum	Rain forest areas of central Africa
Urogenital schistosomiasis	Schistoma haematobium	Africa, the Middle East, Corsica (France)