Unlike the disease caused by S.mansoni and S.haematobium, schistosomiasis japonica is a zoonosis, involving a number of different mammalian species as reservoir hosts.

• 和曼氏血吸虫病及埃及血吸虫病不同的是，日本血吸虫病是一种寄生虫病，以许多不同的哺乳类动物为储存宿主。