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Developing Endemicity of Schistosomiasis, Corsica, France
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Developing Endemicity of Schistosomiasis, Corsica, France

Camilla Rothe, Thorbjörn Zimmer, Mirjam Schunk, Claudia Wallrauch, Kerstin Helfrich, Fatih Gültekin, Gisela Bretzel, Jean-François Allienne and Jérôme Boissier
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol.27(1), pp.319-321
01/2021

Abstract

Urogenital schistosomiasis was diagnosed in a man from Germany who had never traveled outside Europe. He likely acquired the infection in Corsica, France, but did not swim in the Cavu River, which was linked to a previous outbreak. This case highlights that transmission of schistosomiasis in Corsica is ongoing.
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