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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Schistosomiasis among Travelers: New Aspects of an Old Disease

Eli Schwartz*†, Galit Artom‡, Esther Marva§, Marc Victor Assous§, Galia Rahav*†, and Eli Schwartz*†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; †Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; ‡Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel; §Central Laboratories Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

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Table 1

Clinical and laboratory data for patients with schistosomiasis, by stage of disease, Israel, 1993–2005

Acute (n = 42) Chronic (n = 23) Asymptomatic (n = 48) p value
Age ± SD, y 28.1 ± 8.0 25.1 ± 2.6 27.2 ± 6.8 NS*
Male:female ratio 2.63:1 4.5:1 2.5:1 NS
Exposure, weeks ± SD 2.3 ± 1.9 4 ± 5.8 2.1 ± 0.8 NS
Exposure to symptoms, weeks ± SD 3.1 ± 2.7 58.0 ± 31.5 <0.001†
Eosinophil count, ×109/L ± SD 2,374 ± 1,937 864 ± 529 1,363 ± 1,490 <0.05† NS‡
Schistosoma haematobium§ 42.5% 60.9% 27.1% NS
S. mansoni§ 27.5% 0% 52.1% <0.05†‡
Ova detection 25% 56.5% 14.6% <0.02† NS‡
Serologic diagnosis 95% 96% 89.5% NS

*NS, not significant.
†Comparison between acute and chronic schistosomiasis.
‡Comparison between acute and asymptomatic schistosomiasis.
§In 14.7% of all cases, the test used was not species specific.

*NS, not significant.
†Comparison between acute and chronic schistosomiasis.
‡Comparison between acute and asymptomatic schistosomiasis.
§In 14.7% of all cases, the test used was not species specific.

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