Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) is a disease caused by blood trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma, which can be acute or chronic. There are five species of Schistosoma (S. japonicum, S. mansoni, S. intercalatum, S. Mekongi, and S. haematobium) known to infect humans, which are distributed across a wide geographic range. Severe clinical symptoms of schistosomiasis infection on the central nervous system (CNS) are caused by the deposition of eggs when adult worms migrate abnormally to the brain or spinal cord. As a result, radiculopathy, myelopathy, increased intracranial pressure, and clinical sequelae occur.
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