Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Oct;21(10):1865-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2110.150881.

Abstract

We report 11 cases of schistosomiasis in international travelers who had bathed in rivers in Corsica, France, during 2012-2014. The infections were diagnosed in 2014 and reported to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network and European Travel Medicine Network. Travelers can be sentinels for emerging infections; thus, this situation warrants a concerted human and veterinary epidemiologic response.

Keywords: Bulinus truncatus snail; Corsica; France; One Health; Schistosoma haematobium; epidemiology; freshwater rivers; host; intermediate host; outbreak; parasites; schistosomiasis; snail; surveillance; travelers; trematode; urinary schistosomiasis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rivers / parasitology
  • Schistosoma haematobium*
  • Schistosomiasis haematobia / diagnosis
  • Schistosomiasis haematobia / epidemiology*