Human schistosomiasis is one of the most harmful parasitic diseases. It is reported to be endemic in 77 countries in tropical and subtropical regions, leading to infection of about 250 million individuals universal 1 . Schistos-omiasis is a disease caused predominantly by the host's immune response to schistosoma ova and the granulomatous reaction they induce 1-6 . The granulomas destroy the eggs and sequester or neutralize otherwise pathogenic egg antigens
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