Acute schistosomiasis in travelers: 14 years' experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.
Logan, Sarah;
Armstrong, Margaret;
Moore, Elinor;
Nebbia, Gaia;
Jarvis, Joseph;
Suvari, Muhiddin;
Bligh, John;
Chiodini, Peter L;
Brown, Michael;
Doherty, Tom;
(2013)
Acute schistosomiasis in travelers: 14 years' experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 88 (6).
pp. 1032-1034.
ISSN 0002-9637
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.12-0646
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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.