Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France

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 inf...

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Autores principales: Gautret, Philippe, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., von Sonnenburg, Frank, Rothe, Camilla, Libman, Michael, Van De Winkel, Kristina, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Grobusch, Martin P., Hamer, Davidson H., Esposito, Douglas H., Parola, Philippe, Schlagenhauf, Patricia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401954
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2110.150881
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Sumario: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.

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