Classification of Medically Important Parasites
Q: All species of the genus Entamoeba are pathogenic to humans.
Did You Know?
False. Schistosomiasis is caused by parasitic flatworms of the genus Schistosoma, which are trematodes (flukes), not cestodes (tapeworms). The infection is acquired through contact with freshwater contaminated by the larvae that emerge from specific snail hosts.
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