Travel-related Schistosomiasis Acquired in Laos

Twelve Israeli travelers acquired schistosomiasis in Laos during 2002–2008, and 7 of them had acute schistosomiasis. The patients were probably exposed to Schistosoma mekongi in southern Laos, an area known to be endemic for schistosomiasis. Four possibly were infected in northern Laos, where report...

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Autores principales: Leshem, Eyal, Meltzer, Eyal, Marva, Esther, Schwartz, Eli
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19891875
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090611
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author Leshem, Eyal
Meltzer, Eyal
Marva, Esther
Schwartz, Eli
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description Twelve Israeli travelers acquired schistosomiasis in Laos during 2002–2008, and 7 of them had acute schistosomiasis. The patients were probably exposed to Schistosoma mekongi in southern Laos, an area known to be endemic for schistosomiasis. Four possibly were infected in northern Laos, where reports of schistosomiasis are rare.
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spelling pubmed-28572392010-05-06 Travel-related Schistosomiasis Acquired in Laos Leshem, Eyal Meltzer, Eyal Marva, Esther Schwartz, Eli Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Twelve Israeli travelers acquired schistosomiasis in Laos during 2002–2008, and 7 of them had acute schistosomiasis. The patients were probably exposed to Schistosoma mekongi in southern Laos, an area known to be endemic for schistosomiasis. Four possibly were infected in northern Laos, where reports of schistosomiasis are rare. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2857239/ /pubmed/19891875 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090611 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Leshem, Eyal
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Marva, Esther
Schwartz, Eli
Travel-related Schistosomiasis Acquired in Laos
title Travel-related Schistosomiasis Acquired in Laos
title_full Travel-related Schistosomiasis Acquired in Laos
title_fullStr Travel-related Schistosomiasis Acquired in Laos
title_full_unstemmed Travel-related Schistosomiasis Acquired in Laos
title_short Travel-related Schistosomiasis Acquired in Laos
title_sort travel-related schistosomiasis acquired in laos
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19891875
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090611
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