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.
Highlights
We report 11 cases of schistosomiasis in international travelers who had bathed in rivers in Corsica, France, during 2012–2014
Eleven additional cases of urinary schistosomiasis were reported among mainland French tourists who bathed in the Cavu River during August 2011–August 2013 [2,3,4]
We identified 11 records with diagnoses of schistosomiasis acquired in Corsica during 1996–March 2015 (Table)
Summary
We report 11 cases of schistosomiasis in international travelers who had bathed in rivers in Corsica, France, during 2012–2014. In 2014, reports were received of several cases of Schistosoma haematobium trematode infection acquired in Corsica, a Mediterranean French island. The first patient was a child from Germany who had traveled to southern Corsica in August 2013 and had no other known exposures. Serologic test results were positive for 4 of 5 asymptomatic family members who had traveled to Corsica and bathed in the Cavu River, near Porto-Vecchio.
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