Diagnostic Issues of Acute Schistosomiasis With Schistosoma mekongi in a Traveler: A Case Report
Discipline
Biological sciences
Subject
Invertebrates
Audience
Scientific
Date
2013Metadata
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A Belgian traveler returning from Laos developed acute schistosomiasis. Feces microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by sequence analysis revealed Schistosoma mekongi. Schistosome antibody test results and real-time PCR in serum were initially negative or not interpretable. A HRP-2 antigen test for Plasmodium falciparum and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) antibody test for Trichinella yielded false-positive results.
Citation
Clerinx, J.; Cnops, L.; Huyse , T.; Tannich, E.; Van Esbroeck, M. (2013). Diagnostic Issues of Acute Schistosomiasis With Schistosoma mekongi in a Traveler: A Case Report. , JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE, Vol. 20, 322-325, DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12040.Identifiers
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng