. Animal parasites and human disease. Insect Vectors; Parasites; Parasitic Diseases; Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. 212 THE FLUKES apart, but as soon as sexual maturity is attained they couple together and spend the rest of their lives in this manner. Unlike the liver flukes, the blood flukes do not develop great numbers of eggs all at once, but instead develop them one by one and have only a few in the oviduct at any one time. Such a method of reproduction is facilitated, of course, by the constant juxtaposition of the male and female worms. The blood flukes live corres
. Animal parasites and human disease. Insect Vectors; Parasites; Parasitic Diseases; Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. 212 THE FLUKES apart, but as soon as sexual maturity is attained they couple together and spend the rest of their lives in this manner. Unlike the liver flukes, the blood flukes do not develop great numbers of eggs all at once, but instead develop them one by one and have only a few in the oviduct at any one time. Such a method of reproduction is facilitated, of course, by the constant juxtaposition of the male and female worms. The blood flukes live correspondingly much longer than the liver flukes, often persisting for many years. Schistosoma hwmatobium. — The most important species from the pathogenic point of view is Schistosoma hcematobium (Fig. 64). This parasite is common in the countries surrounding the eastern end of the Mediterranean, southern Asia and many. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chandler, Asa C. (Asa Crawford), 1891-1958. New York, J. Wiley & Sons; London, Chapman & Hall
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