Short Report: Acute Schistosomiasis in Travelers: 14 Years' Experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
Short Report: Acute Schistosomiasis in Travelers: 14 Years' Experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.12-0646
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Doherty, Tom
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作者：
Logan, Sarah;Armstrong, Margaret;Doherty, Tom
本文报告79例急性血吸虫病。这些病例大多数是年轻的男性旅行者，他们在马拉维湖感染。12例在就诊时嗜酸性粒细胞计数正常，11例血清学阴性，尽管两例在首次就诊时既没有嗜酸性粒细胞增多也没有血清学阳性。一旦疟疾被排除，任何在流行区有淡水暴露史的发热旅行者都应考虑急性血吸虫病。
We report 79 cases of acute schistosomiasis. Most of these cases were young, male travelers who acquired their infection in Lake Malawi. Twelve had a normal eosinophil count at presentation and 11 had negative serology, although two had neither eosinophilia nor positive serology when first seen. Acute schistosomiasis should be considered in any febrile traveler with a history of fresh water exposure in an endemic area once malaria has been excluded.