2009/11/23 by Abhay R. Satoskar · 1 citation
Immunology and Microbiology · #Parasites and Host Interactions
paper · doi:10.1201/9781498713672-28
openalex publication_date 2009/11/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Background Archeological evidence in Africa and China indicates that the parasitic trema- tode infection schistosomiasis has been part of human life for at least four millennia.1n 1852. Dr. Theodore BiIharz. a German physician working in Egypt. first described the presence of adult worms in postmortem examinations of affected patients and since then. the disease is often referred to generically as &s;Bilharziasis&s;. It was not until a half-century later (in 1907) that Dr. Patrick Manson defined the existence of different Schistosoma species and later in 1908. Sambon established the distinct species we now call Schistosoma mansoni.