IN view of the difficulty of identifying adult schistosomes except by the shape of their ova, the presence of adult males in a site where only one species is known to occur strongly supports the ...

The complex life cycle of Schistosoma also involves an intermediate freshwater snail host and two larval stages. Humans can be infected if they enter water that contains schistosomes, but communities ...

The Museum's SCAN collection is the world's largest store of schistosomiasis material. It contains snails, larvae and schistosome worms, allowing scientists to learn more about the life cycles of ...