High rate of schistosomiasis in travelers after a brief exposure to the high-altitude nyinambuga Crater Lake, Uganda

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1461-1464

  Lachish, Tamar ^a   Tandlich, Moshik ^b   Grossman, Tamar ^c   Schwartz, Eli ^d,e  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Altitude; Crater lakes; Fish; Schistosomiasis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PRAZIQUANTEL; STEROID;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; UGANDA;

ALTITUDE; CRATER LAKES; FISH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAKES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL; UGANDA;

EID: 84887897085     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit559     Document Type: Article

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