Schistosoma haematobium

• Common Name of S. haematobium

  • Vesical Blood Fluke
  • Urinary Blood Fluke
• Disease Caused by S. haematobium

  Urinary schistosomiasis
• Habitat of S. haematobium

  Vesical, prostatic, and uterine plexuses of the venous circulation
• Intermediate Host of S. haematobium

  Freshwater snail (Bulinus spp.)
• Egg Characteristics of S. haematobium

  • Somewhat oblong in shape
  • Contains a developed miracidium
  • Has a large spine on the terminal end
  • “TSH” = Terminal Spine Haematobium
• Egg of S. haematobium


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• Adult Characteristics of S. haematobium

  • Has smooth, fine integumentary tuberculation
  • Ovary is found at the posterior half of the body
  • Can lay 30 eggs per day
• Adult S. haematobiumin copulation

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• Adult S. haematobium

  Female and Male

  
• Additional Notes on S. haematobium

  Found in Africa and the Middle East