Early complicated schistosomiasis in a returning traveller: Key contribution of new molecular diagnostic methods
Early schistosomiasis poses a serious diagnostic challenge, because current standard diagnostic techniques based on serology and egg microscopy lack sensitivity at the initial presentation. We report spinal cord neuroschistosomiasis in a traveller developing 6 weeks after exposure. The diagnosis was...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-02-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218345971 |