Schistosoma Details: NCBI 6181, gram-negative or unknown [genus]

1. Acute Schistosomiasis (Katayama Syndrome): In the early stages of infection, especially with Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum, or Schistosoma haematobium, individuals may experience acute symptoms known as Katayama syndrome. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, malaise, headache, myalgia, cough, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and generalized rash. This phase typically occurs weeks to months after initial exposure to the parasite.

2. Chronic Schistosomiasis: Chronic schistosomiasis can develop months to years after initial infection and is characterized by granulomatous inflammation in response to the eggs deposited by the adult worms in the host's tissues. The chronic form of the disease is associated with long-term complications, including:

   • Intestinal Schistosomiasis: Infections with Schistosoma mansoni or Schistosoma japonicum can cause intestinal schistosomiasis, leading to symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, and hepatomegaly (enlarged liver).

   • Hepatic Schistosomiasis: Chronic infection with Schistosoma mansoni or Schistosoma japonicum can result in hepatic schistosomiasis, characterized by periportal fibrosis, portal hypertension, splenomegaly (enlarged spleen), ascites, and esophageal varices.

   • Urogenital Schistosomiasis: Infections with Schistosoma haematobium primarily affect the urinary tract, leading to symptoms such as hematuria (blood in urine), dysuria (painful urination), urinary frequency, urinary obstruction, and bladder wall abnormalities. Chronic urogenital schistosomiasis can increase the risk of bladder cancer and other urological complications.

3. Neuroschistosomiasis: In rare cases, Schistosoma mansoni or Schistosoma japonicum eggs can migrate to the central nervous system, causing neuroschistosomiasis. This condition can result in symptoms such as seizures, paralysis, cognitive impairment, and spinal cord lesions.

4. Anemia and Malnutrition: Chronic schistosomiasis can lead to anemia due to chronic blood loss from intestinal or urinary bleeding caused by the presence of schistosome eggs in the tissues. Malnutrition may also occur due to nutrient deficiencies and impaired absorption in the intestines affected by the parasite.

5. Genital Lesions: In women, Schistosoma haematobium infection may cause genital lesions, including cervical and vaginal lesions, which can increase

The above data is from 1000 Healthy Individuals done using Shotgun(10 Millions reads) provide courtesy of Precision Biome.

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Other Sources for more information:

• Immune Epitope Database
• The NCBI taxonomy database
• UniProt
• Immune Epitope Taxonomy Database (IEDB)
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Different labs use different software to read the sample. See this post for more details.
One lab may say you have none, another may say you have a lot! - This may be solely due to the software they are using to estimate.
We deem lab specific values using values from the KM method for each specific lab to be the most reliable.

Desired Levels Suggestions for Schistosoma

• Lab Low and High are calculated using the formula that most labs use: Mean - 1.95 Standard Deviation to Mean + 1.95 Standard Deviation

These are values that are computed from lab specific samples and are in percentage

Lab	Frequency	Average	Median	Minimum	Maximum	Std.Dev.	Skew	25 - 75 Percentile	5 - 95 Percentile	Lab Ranges	Box-Plot-Whiskers	Harmonic Mean	Geometric Mean	Obs.

External Reference Ranges for Schistosoma

Schistosoma (NCBI 6181) per million

Source of Ranges	Low Boundary	High Boundary	Low Boundary %age	High Boundary %age

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