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International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01
A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Schistosoma mansoni. This disease commonly presents with Katayama fever, hepatic perisinusoidal egg granulomas, Symmers’ pipe stem periportal fibrosis, or portal hypertension. This disease may also present with embolic egg granulomas in the brain or spinal cord. Transmission is by direct contact with freshwater that has been contaminated with Schistosoma mansoni eggs or snails that carry Schistosoma mansoni. Confirmation is by identification of the Schistosoma mansoni eggs in a faecal sample.
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Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni
schistosomiasis mansoni
schistosomiasis manson
Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni [intestinal schistosomiasis]
intestinal schistosomiasis NOS
intestinal schistosomiasis
Egyptian splenomegaly
bilharziasis of intestine
schistosomal dysentery
schistosomiasis of colon
Pneumonia in schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni
Pneumonia in schistosomiasis due to intestinal schistosomiasis