EPPO Global Database

Schistosoma japonicum(SCHSJA)

Overview
Code created in: 2010-12-27

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SCHSJA
  • Preferred name: Schistosoma japonicum
  • Authority: (Katsurada)

Notes

S. japonicum is the agent of schistosomiasis in Man and many other mammalian species in China and other parts of eastern Asia. Its intermediate hosts are Oncomelania spp.