Type of Schistosomes | Geographic Distributions |
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S mattheei | Southeastern Africa, from the Cape Province in South Africa northward to Tanzania and Zambia |
S bovis | Mediterranean region and Middle East, and is common in northern, western, and eastern Africa (except Egypt) extending southward to Central Angola, southern Congo, and possibly northern Zambia |
S curassoni | Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria |
S spindale | India (Karnataka, Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Assam), Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam |
S indicum | Indian subcontinent, Bangladesh |
S nasale | India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar |
S incognitum | India, Thailand, and Indonesia |
S japonicum | Endemic in several countries of the Far East |