Viable Schistosoma mansoni infection 41 years after last exposure - a case report of a loyal parasite.

IF 6.4 2区医学 Q1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Journal of travel medicine Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI:10.1093/jtm/taaf103

Cornelia Staehelin, Anna Eichenberger, Aart Mookhoek, Robert Hoepner, Claudia Münger, Nadine Sidler, Linda J Wammes, Beatrice Nickel, Maura Concu, Andreas Neumayr, Alexander Oberli

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Abstract

Schistosoma species may show extraordinary longevity, despite not replicating in human hosts. We present a case of active S. mansoni infection in a Swiss patient 41 years after her one and only possible exposure (swimming in Lake Kivu, Rwanda).

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最后一次接触41年后存活的曼氏血吸虫感染——一种忠诚寄生虫的病例报告。

尽管不能在人类宿主体内复制，但血吸虫物种可能表现出非凡的寿命。我们报告一例活动性曼氏沙门氏菌感染病例，发生在一位瑞士患者，她在卢旺达基伍湖（Lake Kivu, Rwanda）游泳时，在她唯一一次可能的暴露后41年。

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Journal of travel medicine 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

20.90

自引率

5.10%

发文量

143

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Travel Medicine is a publication that focuses on travel medicine and its intersection with other disciplines. It publishes cutting-edge research, consensus papers, policy papers, and expert reviews. The journal is affiliated with the Asia Pacific Travel Health Society. The journal's main areas of interest include the prevention and management of travel-associated infections, non-communicable diseases, vaccines, malaria prevention and treatment, multi-drug resistant pathogens, and surveillance on all individuals crossing international borders. The Journal of Travel Medicine is indexed in multiple major indexing services, including Adis International Ltd., CABI, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, Gale, Journal Watch Infectious Diseases (Online), MetaPress, National Library of Medicine, OCLC, Ovid, ProQuest, Thomson Reuters, and the U.S. National Library of Medicine.