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. 2013 Jun;88(6):1032-4.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0646. Epub 2013 Mar 25.

Acute schistosomiasis in travelers: 14 years' experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London

Sarah Logan  1 , Margaret Armstrong, Elinor Moore, Gaia Nebbia, Joseph Jarvis, Muhiddin Suvari, John Bligh, Peter L Chiodini, Michael Brown, Tom Doherty
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Acute schistosomiasis in travelers: 14 years' experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London

Sarah Logan et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

We report 79 cases of acute schistosomiasis. Most of these cases were young, male travelers who acquired their infection in Lake Malawi. Twelve had a normal eosinophil count at presentation and 11 had negative serology, although two had neither eosinophilia nor positive serology when first seen. Acute schistosomiasis should be considered in any febrile traveler with a history of fresh water exposure in an endemic area once malaria has been excluded.

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