An outbreak of acute schistosomiasis following a church retreat to Mwanza, Tanzania, 2008.

dc.contributor.author	Chunge, CN
dc.contributor.author	Chunge, RN
dc.contributor.author	Masinde, MS
dc.contributor.author	Atinga, JN
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-07T09:04:41Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-07T09:04:41Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	J Travel Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;18(6):408-10.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22017717
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29885
dc.description.abstract	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	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	An outbreak of acute schistosomiasis following a church retreat to Mwanza, Tanzania, 2008.	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine (CTTM), Nairobi, Kenya.	en