| Schistosoma protease | <enzyme> Degrades host globin; enzymes from s. Japonicum and s. Mansoni are homologues; amino acid sequence has been determined Registry number: EC 3.4.22.- Synonym: haemoglobinase, antigen sm32, schistosoma mansoni, schistosoma mansoni antigen sm32, schistosoma mansoni protease, schistosoma japonicum protease, schistosoma japonicum antigen sj32 (26 Jun 1999) |
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| Schistosoma spindale | A species parasitic in the portal and mesenteric veins of ruminants, and occasionally horses and dogs, in Africa, Indo-Pakistan, and Southeast Asia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schistosomal dermatitis | A sensitization response to repeated cutaneous invasion by cercariae of bird, mammal, or human schistosomes. Synonym: swimmer's itch, water itch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schistosomatidae | A family of blood flukes of the class trematoda which is found in animals and man. It includes the genera heterobilharzia, schistosomatium, schistosoma, ornithobilharzia, bilharziella, trichobilharzia, pseudobilharzia, and austrobilharzia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| schistosome | Common name for a member of the genus Schistosoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schistosome granuloma | A granulomatous lesion formed around schistosome eggs embedded in tissues in cases of schistosomiasis (bilharziasis); typically these granulomata are found in intestinal tissues (Schistosoma japonicum or S. Mansoni infection), bladder tissue (S. Haematobium), and hepatic tissue (all human schistosomes). Synonym: bilharzial granuloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schistosomia | Synonym: schistocormia. Origin: schisto-+ G. Soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| schistosomiasis | Disease (bilharzia) caused by digenetic trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma, the adults of which live in the urinary or mesenteric blood vessels. Eggs shed by the female worms pass to the outside in the urine or faeces, but many also lodge in and obstruct the blood flow in the liver. Eosinophils seem to be particularly important in the killing of the invasive larval stage (schistosomulum). Evasion of the host's immune response by adult schistosomes seems to involve the acquisition of a coat of host cell surface material by the parasite. (18 Nov 1997) |
| schistosomiasis haematobia | Schistosomiasis caused by schistosoma haematobium. It is endemic in africa and parts of the middle east, and affects the urinary tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| schistosomiasis haematobium | Infection with Schistosoma haematobium, the eggs of which invade the urinary tract, causing cystitis and haematuria, and possibly an increased likelihood of bladder cancer. Synonym: bladder schistosomiasis, Egyptian haematuria, endemic haematuria, urinary schistosomiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schistosomiasis intercalatum | Infection with Schistosoma intercalatum; occurs only in West Africa; few symptoms reported and no cases of hepatic fibrosis known. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schistosomiasis japonica | Schistosomiasis caused by schistosoma japonicum. It is endemic in the far east and affects the bowel, liver, and spleen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| schistosomiasis mansoni | Schistosomiasis caused by schistosoma mansoni. It is endemic in africa, the middle east, south america, and the caribbean and affects mainly the bowel, spleen, and liver. (12 Dec 1998) |
| schistosomiasis mekongi | Infection with Schistosoma mekongi, which chiefly afflicts children in the Mekong delta, where it was discovered; the disease is similar to schistosomiasis japonica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schistosomicides | Agents that act systemically to kill adult schistosomes. (12 Dec 1998) |