Schistosoma haematobium infections acquired in Corsica, France, August 2013

Euro Surveill. 2014 Jun 5;19(22):20821. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.22.20821.

Abstract

A 12 year-old boy in Germany developed urinary schistosomiasis in January 2014. He had bathed in rivers in south-eastern Corsica five months earlier. Before this case, human schistomiasis had not been reported on the island, although its vector, the snail Bulinus truncatus, locally transmitted the zoonotic Schistosoma bovis. The boy’s father excreted S. haematobium ova that were not viable; the boy’s three siblings had a positive serology against schistosomes.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use
  • Schistosoma haematobium / isolation & purification*
  • Schistosomiasis haematobia / diagnosis*
  • Schistosomiasis haematobia / drug therapy
  • Schistosomiasis haematobia / parasitology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Praziquantel