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JIPMER 2009
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2009
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Human Health and Diseases

JIPMER 2009 · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases

The intermediate host of Schistosoma is

The intermediate host of Schistosoma is

Options

  1. Asnail
  2. Bmosquito
  3. Chousefly
  4. Dsheep

Correct answer

A. snail

Step-by-step solution

Schistosoma mansoni is the common human blood fluke . It belongs to class-Trematoda of Platyhelminthes. Blood fluke is digenetic, primary host is man and secondary host is snail.Sheep is the primary host of Fasciola hepatica (sheep liver fluke), causing 'liver rot'. Its secondary host is also the snail. Mosquito and housefly do not found to be the intermediate host of any animal.
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