This parasite has adapted to afix itself to humans in water, where it burns a hole in your skin and burrows deep inside you. Once inside it migrates towards the brain and acts very much like a brain tumor.
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Monsters Inside Me: Schistosomiasis
This parasite has adapted to afix itself to humans in water, where it burns a hole in your skin and burrows deep inside you. Once inside it migrates towards the brain and acts very much like a brain tumor.
Added: Jun 23, 2010
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