Schistosomiasis, commonly known as bilharzia, is an infection resulting from a parasitic worm that dwells in fresh water in subtropical and tropical areas. This parasitic worm (genus: schistosome) with its different life stages, including cercariae, miracidia, eggs, and adult worms, infects humans, some animals, as well as a specific intermediate host snail (McManus et al., 2018). Schistosoma spp. infects a minimum of 230 million
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