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Case Reports
. 2006 Sep;4(5):275-80.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.07.001. Epub 2005 Oct 25.

Mansonella perstans causing symptomatic hypereosinophilia in a missionary family

Christoph A Fux  1 , Bernard Chappuis, Benedikt Holzer, Christoph Aebi, Gerard Bordmann, Hanspeter Marti, Christoph Hatz
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Mansonella perstans causing symptomatic hypereosinophilia in a missionary family

Christoph A Fux et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2006 Sep.

Abstract

Mansonella perstans is rarely pathogenic. The rare reports of symptomatic cases, however, include severe complications. Three cases of symptomatic hypereosinophilia with multi-organ involvement are described in a missionary family returning from tropical Africa. Pathogenicity may be related to the induction of hypereosinophilia rather than direct host-parasite interactions.

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