Schistosomiasis Haematobium, Corsica, France - HAL-SDE - Sciences de l'environnement Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Emerging Infectious Diseases Année : 2014

Schistosomiasis Haematobium, Corsica, France

Résumé

In Europe, urinary schistosomiasis has previously been detected only in Portugal, where this focus disappeared during the 1950s . However, freshwater snails of the species Bulinus contortus, B. truncatus, and Planorbarius metidjensis, which are recognized intermediate hosts for Schistosoma haematobium trematodes, have been found in Portugal , Spain , and Corsica . This finding suggested that autochthonous schistosomiasis could re-emerge in southern Europe if these mollusks become infected. We report a probable focus for transmission of schistosomiasis haematobium in Corsica, France.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
Berry-2014-EmInfectDis-SHaematobium.pdf (414.94 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers éditeurs autorisés sur une archive ouverte
Loading...

Dates et versions

halsde-01007702 , version 1 (07-08-2019)

Identifiants

Citer

Antoine Berry, Hélène Moné, Xavier Iriart, Gabriel Mouahid, Olivier Abbo, et al.. Schistosomiasis Haematobium, Corsica, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, 20 (9), pp.1595-1597. ⟨10.3201/eid2009.140928⟩. ⟨halsde-01007702⟩
307 Consultations
63 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More