Schistosoma japonicum (Japanese blood fluke) - Schistosoma japonicum

Japanese: ニホンジュウケツキュウチュウ(日本住血吸虫) - ニホンジュウケツキュウチュウ

A flatworm belonging to the trematode family. A parasitic worm that looks like a nematode. Approximately 2 cm long. In humans, it parasitizes the portal vein system and causes liver cirrhosis if it progresses. The intermediate host is the Japanese oyster, and cercariae released from it cause percutaneous infection in water. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, and in Japan, it was once endemic in the Kofu Basin, the Chikugo River basin, and the Katayama district of Hiroshima Prefecture (the disease caused by this trematode is also called Katayama disease). Anthelmintic drugs include organoantimony preparations and praziquantel.
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Japanese:

吸虫類に属する扁形動物。センチュウのように見える寄生虫。体長約2cm。ヒトでは門脈系血管内に寄生し，進行すると肝硬変を起こす。中間宿主がカタヤマガイ（ミヤイリガイ）で，これから出たケルカリアが水中で経皮感染する。東南アジアに広く分布し，日本ではかつて甲府盆地，筑後川流域，広島県片山地区（この吸虫による病気を片山病ともいう）に流行地があった。駆虫剤は有機アンチモン製剤，プラジクァンテルがある。
→関連項目片山病｜キュウチュウ（吸虫）｜ジュウケツキュウチュウ（住血吸虫）｜風土病

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