Literature DB >> 24021485

High rate of schistosomiasis in travelers after a brief exposure to the high-altitude Nyinambuga crater lake, Uganda.

Tamar Lachish1, Moshik Tandlich, Tamar Grossman, Eli Schwartz.   

Abstract

Travel-related schistosomiasis is usually associated with prolonged freshwater exposure. Until recently, Uganda's crater lakes were considered schistosomiasis free due to their high-altitude location. We describe an outbreak of acute schistosomiasis after a brief exposure (mean, 22 ± 9.5 minutes) to a high-altitude crater lake.

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Keywords:  Uganda; altitude; crater lakes; fish; schistosomiasis

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Year:  2013        PMID： 24021485     DOI： 10.1093/cid/cit559

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Infect Dis        ISSN： 1058-4838            Impact factor:   9.079


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Authors:  Daniel L Bourque; Joseph M Vinetz
Journal:  Curr Infect Dis Rep       Date:  2018-05-22       Impact factor: 3.725

2.  The effect of simulating different intermediate host snail species on the link between water temperature and schistosomiasis risk.

Authors:  Nicky McCreesh; Mark Booth
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2014-07-02       Impact factor: 3.240

3.  Intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda at high altitude (>1400 m): malacological and epidemiological surveys on Mount Elgon and in Fort Portal crater lakes reveal extra preventive chemotherapy needs.

Authors:  Michelle C Stanton; Moses Adriko; Moses Arinaitwe; Alison Howell; Juliet Davies; Gillian Allison; E James LaCourse; Edridah Muheki; Narcis B Kabatereine; J Russell Stothard
Journal:  Infect Dis Poverty       Date:  2017-02-06       Impact factor: 4.520

4.  Molecular identification of Bulinus spp. intermediate host snails of Schistosoma spp. in crater lakes of western Uganda with implications for the transmission of the Schistosoma haematobium group parasites.

Authors:  Immaculate Tumwebaze; Catharina Clewing; Marie Claire Dusabe; Julius Tumusiime; Grace Kagoro-Rugunda; Cyril Hammoud; Christian Albrecht
Journal:  Parasit Vectors       Date:  2019-11-27       Impact factor: 3.876
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