A patient with recent history of travel to the Philippines has bloody diarrhea.An O&P sample shows the following parasite egg.What is this called?

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S.japonicum, which is commonly found in the Far East, including Japan, China, and the Philippines, lives in venules of the small intestine.The egg spines cause trauma to the tissues and walls of the vessels during the early stage of acute infections and can result in diarrhea.S.japonicum eggs are round and 60 to 95 mm by 40 to 60 mm; they have a small, curved, rudimentary spine.CDC PHIL #4842

A Patient with Recent History of Travel to the Philippines