1. Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France.
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Gautret, Philippe, Mockenhaup, Frank P., von Sonnenburg, Frank, Rothe, Camilla, Libman, Michael, Van De Winkel, Kristina, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Grobusc, Martin P., Hamer, Davidson H., Esposito, Douglas H., Parola, Philippe, Schlagenhauf, Partricia, Mockenhaupt, Frank P, Grobusch, Martin P, Schlagenhauf, Patricia, and GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
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SCHISTOSOMIASIS diagnosis ,ANIMALS ,NATURE ,RESEARCH funding ,SCHISTOSOMIASIS ,TREMATODA - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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