An outbreak of acute schistosomiasis following a church retreat to Mwanza, Tanzania, 2008.
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2011Author
Chunge, CN
Chunge, RN
Masinde, MS
Atinga, JN
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Clinical and laboratory findings are described from 77 persons from Nairobi, Kenya, of whom 66 were diagnosed with acute Schistosoma mansoni infection following a trip to Mwanza, Tanzania. Unusual ocular symptoms were observed as a rare manifestation of acute schistosomiasis. The outbreak highlights the risk of swimming in Lake Victoria
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22017717http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29885
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J Travel Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;18(6):408-10.Publisher
Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine (CTTM), Nairobi, Kenya.
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