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An endemic focus of urinary schistosomiasis was reported from Gimvi village of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra with infrequent occurrence of schistosome eggs in human stools. Cercarial dermatitis has been reported to be more abundant in rural population using ponds, tanks, and so forth, for their domestic purposes. Few dermatitis cases were tested positive by CHR. Schistosome antigen was also detected in urine of five cases suggesting existence of active schistosomiasis in India. Nevertheless, human kind does not appear to be the usual host for Indian schistosomes in contrast to<jats:italic>S. haematobium, S. mansoni,<\/jats:italic>or<jats:italic>S. japonicum<\/jats:italic>. Various reasons for this phenomenon are discussed including evolution of Indian schistosomes, immune mechanisms, and environmental conditions. These and other aspects such as seasonal effect on the prevalence, snail infectivity, heterologous mating, existence of hybrids, and number of schistosomes in heterologous infections need further investigations with application of molecular techniques. Joint efforts by the national as well as international scientific community would be much more rewarding for better understanding of the parasite and the infection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2011\/250868","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,10,30]],"date-time":"2011-10-30T08:05:56Z","timestamp":1319961956000},"page":"1-4","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Indian Schistosomes: A Need for Further Investigations"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2011","author":[{"given":"M. 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