Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Schistosoma haematobium-Schistosoma bovis Hybrid Infection in a Cluster of Travelers Returning From Mali.

Authors :: Soentjens P
Cnops L
Huyse T
Yansouni C
De Vos D
Bottieau E
Clerinx J
Van Esbroeck M
Source :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2016 Dec 15; Vol. 63 (12), pp. 1626-1629. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Oct 21.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Ten Belgian travelers returned from Mali with a Schistosoma haematobium-Schistosoma bovis hybrid infection, confirmed by DNA sequencing from eggs. Clinical symptoms and laboratory findings resembled those of classic acute schistosomiasis, but the detected eggs were morphologically unusual.<br /> (© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Subjects :: Animals
DNA, Helminth
Feces parasitology
Female
Genotyping Techniques
Mali
Ovum
Schistosoma genetics
Schistosomiasis parasitology
Schistosomiasis therapy
Schistosomiasis haematobia diagnosis
Schistosomiasis haematobia parasitology
Schistosomiasis haematobia therapy
Hybridization, Genetic
Schistosoma haematobium genetics
Schistosomiasis diagnosis
Travel

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1537-6591
Volume :: 63
Issue :: 12
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 27941144
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw493

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