Word: oncomelania
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hunting Chinese Reds and Korean snails, Buster serves as adviser to his outfit on all matters zoological. He has taught them to recognise a poisonous snake or two, and during the pre-battle lull he gave them the word on swimming in the Han: little danger of schistosomiasis because oncomelania prefer narrow, shaded streams. A good chance of picking up paragonimiasis because the broad, open river might have Paragonimus westermani...
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