Abstract:Schistosomiasis is a widespread zoonosis. It seriously threats human health. Schistosomiasis is caused by schistosomes, which belong to Schistosoma genus, a kind of blood-dwelling fluke worms, mainly living in the venus portal-mesenteric system of human by digenetic intravascular parasite. People who infected by schistosomes may appear the symptoms with abdominal pain, diarrhea, anemia, and splenomegaly, progressing from egg-granulomas eventually to hepatic fibrosis. This review describes hepatic fibrosis caus… Show more
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