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Schistosomiasis in Swedish travellers to sub-Saharan Africa: can we rely on serology?

Cecilia Thors From the Parasitology Department, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden; Microbiology and Tumour Biology Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Per Holmblad Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Västerås Central Hospital, Västerås, Sweden
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Mahtab Maleki From the Parasitology Department, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Johan Carlson The National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ewert Linder From the Parasitology Department, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden; Microbiology and Tumour Biology Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 794-799 | Received 18 Nov 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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J. Bligh, G. Schramm, P. L. Chiodini & M. J. Doenhoff. (2010) Serological analysis of the outcome of treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infections with praziquantel. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 104:6, pages 511-520.
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Dennis Röser, Stephanie Bjerrum, Marie Helleberg, Henrik Vedel Nielsen, Kim Peter David, Søren Thybo & Christen Rune Stensvold. (2018) Adventure tourism and schistosomiasis: serology and clinical findings in a group of Danish students after white-water rafting in Uganda. JMM Case Reports 5:4.
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Rebecca Hinz, Norbert G. Schwarz, Andreas Hahn & Hagen Frickmann. (2017) Serological approaches for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis – A review. Molecular and Cellular Probes 31, pages 2-21.
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Ewert Linder, Anne Grote, Sami Varjo, Nina Linder, Marianne Lebbad, Mikael Lundin, Vinod Diwan, Jari Hannuksela & Johan Lundin. (2013) On-Chip Imaging of Schistosoma haematobium Eggs in Urine for Diagnosis by Computer Vision. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7:12, pages e2547.
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Marie Helleberg & Sören Thybo. (2010) High Rate of Failure in Treatment of Imported Schistosomiasis. Journal of Travel Medicine 17:2, pages 94-99.
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Ewert Linder, Mikael Lundin, Cecilia Thors, Marianne Lebbad, Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell, Heikki Helin, Byron Leiva, Jorma Isola & Johan Lundin. (2008) Web-Based Virtual Microscopy for Parasitology: A Novel Tool for Education and Quality Assurance. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2:10, pages e315.
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Edsel Maurice T. Salvana & Charles H. King. (2008) Schistosomiasis in travelers and immigrants. Current Infectious Disease Reports 10:1, pages 42-49.
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