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Beltrame A, Zammarchi L, Zuglian G, Gobbi F, Angheben A, Marchese V, Degani M, Mantella A, Bianchi L, Montagnani C, Galli L, Bassetti M, Bartoloni A, Bisoffi Z. Schistosomiasis Screening of Travelers from Italy with Possible Exposure in Corsica, France. Emerg Infect Dis 2016; 21:1887-9. [PMID: 26401824 PMCID: PMC4593455 DOI: 10.3201/eid2110.150869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Gautret P, Mockenhaupt FP, von Sonnenburg F, Rothe C, Libman M, Van De Winkel K, Bottieau E, Grobusch MP, Hamer DH, Esposito DH, Parola P, Schlagenhauf P. Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France. Emerg Infect Dis 2016; 21:1865-8. [PMID: 26401954 PMCID: PMC4593456 DOI: 10.3201/eid2110.150881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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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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Acute anuria after a family vacation to Corsica/France. Parasitol Res 2016; 115:1733-5. [PMID: 26852123 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-4944-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A 12-year-old male patient suffered hematuria. Histopathology of a biopsy showed granulomata suspicious for schistosomiasis. The patient had never travelled outside Europe during his entire lifetime. He had taken frequent bathes in various rivers during his last family holidays 5 months earlier in Corsica. Microfiltration of urine revealed viable ova of Schistosoma haematobium with alterated size and shape. Ultrasonography showed a large focal echopoor mass attached to the bladder roof. Four days after antihelminthic therapy, the patient suffered inferior abdominal pain and acute anuria. Ultrasound revealed an approximately 5-cm mass in the bladder lumen suspicious for a large blood clot. After taking non-invasive measures such as drinking high amounts of fluid and treating the lower abdomen with a warm water bag and massage, the clot was excreted with urine and symptoms subsided. The further course was uneventful until 11 months later when hematuria recurred. This time, parasitological urine examination confirmed non-viable schistosome ova. Hematuria was likely due to erosion of the bladder mucosa by calcified non-viable ova.
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Berry A, Fillaux J, Martin-Blondel G, Boissier J, Iriart X, Marchou B, Magnaval JF, Delobel P. Evidence for a permanent presence of schistosomiasis in Corsica, France, 2015. Euro Surveill 2016; 21:30100. [DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.1.30100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We present a case of acute schistosomiasis acquired in Corsica after bathing in the Cavu River during the summer of 2015. The diagnosis was made following epidemiological, laboratory and serological assessments. After a previous outbreak of urogenital schistosomiasis during the summer of 2013, when more than 120 infections were diagnosed, this further case indicates transmission was still effective in 2015, thus suggesting a permanent presence of schistosomiasis in Corsica.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antoine Berry
- Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, INSERM UMR U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- UMR 152, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, INSERM UMR U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Perpignan, France
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- Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, INSERM UMR U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, INSERM UMR U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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