Schistosoma mekongi

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Schistosoma mekongi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Trematoda Subclass: Digenea Order: Strigeidida Genus: Schistosoma Species: S. mekongi
Binomial name
Schistosoma mekongi Voge, Bruckner & Bruce, 1978

Schistosoma mekongi is a trematode, also known as a flatworm or fluke. It is one of the five major schistosomes that account for all human infections, the other four being S. haematobium, S. mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. intercalatum. This trematode causes schistosomiasis in humans, which is the second most common parasitic disease afflicting humans.^{[citation needed]}