Epidemiology
Schistosoma mansoni infects about 83.31 million people worldwide, causing the disease intestinal schistosomiasis (schistosomiasis caused by all the Schistosoma species infects over 200 million people.)
S. mansoni is the most widespread of the human-infecting schistosomes, and is present in 54 countries. These countries are predominantly in South America and the Caribbean, Africa including Madagascar, and the Middle East.
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