Word: mansoni
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...single patient. The patients had been excreting thousands of eggs a day; after the operation, ten excreted no more eggs, suggesting that all the mated flukes had been filtered out of their systems, and seven others showed great improvement. Though it was developed specifically for the fluke Schistosoma mansoni, common in South America and Africa, Drs. Kean and Goldsmith believe the technique can be adapted to remove both the Asiatic form, which causes an even more severe disease, and a variety that is common in the Near East and exposes Africans to double jeopardy...
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