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. 2015 Oct;21(10):1865-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid2110.150881.

Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France

Philippe Gautret, Frank P Mockenhaupt, Frank von Sonnenburg, Camilla Rothe, Michael Libman, Kristina Van De Winkel, Emmanuel Bottieau, Martin P Grobusch, Davidson H Hamer, Douglas H Esposito, Philippe Parola, Patricia Schlagenhauf; GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
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Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France

Philippe Gautret et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

We report 11 cases of schistosomiasis in international travelers who had bathed in rivers in Corsica, France, during 2012-2014. The infections were diagnosed in 2014 and reported to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network and European Travel Medicine Network. Travelers can be sentinels for emerging infections; thus, this situation warrants a concerted human and veterinary epidemiologic response.

Keywords: Bulinus truncatus snail; Corsica; France; One Health; Schistosoma haematobium; epidemiology; freshwater rivers; host; intermediate host; outbreak; parasites; schistosomiasis; snail; surveillance; travelers; trematode; urinary schistosomiasis.

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  • Schistosomiasis Screening of Travelers to Corsica, France.
    Gautret P, Mockenhaupt FP, von Sonnenburg F, Rothe C, Libman M, Van De Winkel K, Bottieau E, Grobusch MP, Hamer DH, Esposito DH, Parola P, Schlagenhauf P; GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Gautret P, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jan;22(1):160-1. doi: 10.3201/eid2201.151606. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 26691533 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Schistosomiasis Screening of Travelers to Corsica, France.
    Berry A, Paris L, Boissier J, Caumes E. Berry A, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jan;22(1):159. doi: 10.3201/eid2201.151290. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 27055289 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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