Schistosomiasis in non-endemic areas: Italian consensus recommendations for screening, diagnosis and management by the Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (SIMET), endorsed by the Committee for the Study of Parasitology of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (CoSP-AMCLI), the Italian Society of Parasitology (SoIPa), the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy (SIGE), the Italian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SIGO), the Italian Society of Colposcopy and Cervico-Vaginal Pathology (SICPCV), the Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care (SIMG), the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT), the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP), the Italian Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (SITIP), the Italian Society of Urology (SIU)

Agnese Comelli¹, Camilla Genovese^{2

3}, Federico Gobbi^{4

5}, Gaetano Brindicci⁶, Susanna Capone⁷, Angela Corpolongo⁸, Verena Crosato⁷, Valentina Dianora Mangano^{9

10}, Rosalia Marrone¹¹, Maria Merelli¹², Marco Prato⁴, Carmen Rita Santoro⁶, Salvatore Scarso¹³, Elisa Vanino¹⁴, Valentina Marchese^{7

15}, Spinello Antinori^{2

16}, Claudio Mastroianni¹⁷, Annibale Raglio¹⁸, Fabrizio Bruschi^{9

10}, Andrea Minervini^{19

20}, Daniele Donà²¹, Silvia Garazzino²², Luisa Galli^{23

24}, Andrea Lo Vecchio²⁵, Andrea Galli²⁶, Gabriele Dragoni²⁶, Claudio Cricelli²⁷, Nicola Colacurci²⁸, Enrico Ferrazzi²⁹, Annalisa Pieralli³⁰, Antonio Montresor³¹, Joachim Richter³², Guido Calleri³³, Alessandro Bartoloni^{19

34}, Lorenzo Zammarchi^{35

36}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ II Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy.
⁵ University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁶ AOU Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Infectious Diseases Unit, Bari, Italy.
⁷ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁸ National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Translational Research, N.T.M.S, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁰ Programma Di Monitoraggio Delle Parassitosi e f.a.d, AOU Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
¹¹ National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty, Rome, Italy.
¹² Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy.
¹³ National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
¹⁴ Unit of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale "Santa Maria delle Croci", AUSL Romagna, Ravenna, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany.
¹⁶ III Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy.
¹⁷ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
¹⁸ Committee for the Study of Parasitology of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (CoSP-AMCLI), Milan, Italy.
¹⁹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²⁰ Department of Urology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²¹ Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
²² Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
²³ Infectious Diseases Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
²⁴ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²⁵ Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
²⁶ Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²⁷ Health Search-Istituto di Ricerca della SIMG (Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care), Florence, Italy.
²⁸ Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
²⁹ Department of Woman, New-Born and Child, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
³⁰ Ginecologia Chirurgica Oncologica, Careggi University and Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³¹ Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³² Institute of International Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Corporate Member of Freie und Humboldt Universität Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
³³ Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy.
³⁴ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³⁵ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. lorenzo.zammarchi@unifi.it.
³⁶ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. lorenzo.zammarchi@unifi.it.

PMID: 37420083
PMCID: PMC10545632
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02050-7

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Schistosomiasis in non-endemic areas: Italian consensus recommendations for screening, diagnosis and management by the Italian Society of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (SIMET), endorsed by the Committee for the Study of Parasitology of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (CoSP-AMCLI), the Italian Society of Parasitology (SoIPa), the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy (SIGE), the Italian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SIGO), the Italian Society of Colposcopy and Cervico-Vaginal Pathology (SICPCV), the Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care (SIMG), the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT), the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP), the Italian Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (SITIP), the Italian Society of Urology (SIU)

Agnese Comelli et al. Infection. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;51(5):1249-1271.

doi: 10.1007/s15010-023-02050-7. Epub 2023 Jul 7.

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¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ II Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy.
⁵ University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁶ AOU Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Infectious Diseases Unit, Bari, Italy.
⁷ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁸ National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Translational Research, N.T.M.S, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁰ Programma Di Monitoraggio Delle Parassitosi e f.a.d, AOU Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
¹¹ National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty, Rome, Italy.
¹² Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria del Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy.
¹³ National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
¹⁴ Unit of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale "Santa Maria delle Croci", AUSL Romagna, Ravenna, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany.
¹⁶ III Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy.
¹⁷ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
¹⁸ Committee for the Study of Parasitology of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (CoSP-AMCLI), Milan, Italy.
¹⁹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²⁰ Department of Urology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²¹ Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
²² Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
²³ Infectious Diseases Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
²⁴ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²⁵ Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
²⁶ Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
²⁷ Health Search-Istituto di Ricerca della SIMG (Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care), Florence, Italy.
²⁸ Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
²⁹ Department of Woman, New-Born and Child, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
³⁰ Ginecologia Chirurgica Oncologica, Careggi University and Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³¹ Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³² Institute of International Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Corporate Member of Freie und Humboldt Universität Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
³³ Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Italy.
³⁴ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³⁵ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. lorenzo.zammarchi@unifi.it.
³⁶ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. lorenzo.zammarchi@unifi.it.

PMID: 37420083
PMCID: PMC10545632
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02050-7

No abstract available

Keywords: Katayama syndrome; Migrant health; Schistosomiasis; Travel health.

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