Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 21; no. 10; pp. 1865 - 1868
• Main Authors: Gautret, Philippe, Mockenhaupt, Frank P, von Sonnenburg, Frank, Rothe, Camilla, Libman, Michael, Van De Winkel, Kristina, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Grobusch, Martin P, Hamer, Davidson H, Esposito, Douglas H, Parola, Philippe, Schlagenhauf, Patricia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-10-2015; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Child; Corsica; Diagnosis; Disease transmission; Dispatch; Female; France; France - epidemiology; freshwater rivers; Health aspects; Humans; Local and International Implications of Schistosomiasis Acquired in Corsica, France; Male; Middle Aged; parasites; Risk factors; Rivers - parasitology; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis haematobia - diagnosis; Schistosomiasis haematobia - epidemiology; travelers; France; urinary schistosomiasis; snail; Schistosoma haematobium; Bulinus truncatus snail; travelers; epidemiology; host; freshwater rivers; outbreak; parasites; surveillance; France; schistosomiasis; trematode; Corsica; One Health; intermediate host
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2110.150881

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.