The diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Italy in a retrospective cohort of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Objectives: To evaluate ultrasound and praziquantel to, respectively, assess and reduce urogenital schistosomiasis (UGS)-associated morbidity in migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods: Migrants from SSA with UGS attending three Italian centres for tropical diseases during 2011–2016 were ret...

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Published in:Infection Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 447 - 460
Main Authors: Tilli, Marta, Rinaldi, Francesca, Bartoloni, Alessandro, Zammarchi, Lorenzo, Minervini, Andrea, Carini, Marco, Sforza, Simone, Gobbi, Federico, Buonfrate, Dora, Degani, Monica, Bisoffi, Zeno, Testa, Jacopo, Caligaris, Silvio, Magro, Paola, Gulletta, Maurizio, Castelli, Francesco, Tuccio, Agostino, Agostini, Simone, Parretti, Filippo, Richter, Joachim
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Jun2019
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