Presentation and Diagnosis of Imported Schistosomiasis: Relevance of Eosinophilia, Microscopy for Ova, and Serology
Journal of Travel Medicine2006Vol. 12(1), pp. 9–13
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Abstract
In our OPD schistosomiasis was diagnosed in about 26 patients per year, 3% of all new presentations. Infections were almost exclusively acquired in Africa. In travelers high eosinophilia was due to acute schistosomiasis; in immigrants it was due to concomitant helminthic infections. One of three people asking to be screened for schistosomiasis had schistosomal antibodies. Eosinophilia was indicative but an insufficient screening tool, and stool and urine microscopy for ova were not sensitive. Screening by serology is easy and reliable and the method of choice in asymptomatic persons with a history of freshwater exposure in a high-risk area.
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