schistosomiasis
Findings
No curated finding names schistosomiasis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An infectious disease caused by parasitic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma that colonize human blood vessels and release eggs that can cause granulomatous reactions leading to acute (swimmer's itch or acute schistosomiasis syndrome) or chronic disease. Depending on where the eggs lodge, manifestations of chronic schistosomiasis can include diarrhea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, anemia (intestines), hepatosplenism, periportal fibrosis with portal hypertension (liver), urogenital inflammation and scarring, hematuria and dysuria (genitourinary system). Other patients may be asymptomatic.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015254), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- HematuriaMondoHP:0000790
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: schistosomiasis
- Also called
- Bilharziabilharziasissnail fever