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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Research Letter

Urogenital Schistosomiasis in Fisherman, Nepal, 2019

Ranjit SahComments to Author , Jürg Utzinger, and Andreas Neumayr
Author affiliations: Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal (R. Sah); Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland (J. Utzinger, A. Neumayr); University of Basel, Basel (J. Utzinger, A. Neumayr)

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Investigation of urogenital schistosomiasis in a 34-year-old male patient in Nepal. A) Trematode egg, resembling the typical Schistosoma haematobium morphology, detected upon microscopic investigation of patient’s urine sediment. Original magnification ×40. B) Computed tomography image showing bladder wall thickening (white arrows). C) Geographic location of patient’s place of residence and of cases of human schistosomiasis reported previously in India and Nepal.

Figure. Investigation of urogenital schistosomiasis in a 34-year-old male patient in Nepal. A) Trematode egg, resembling the typical Schistosoma haematobium morphology, detected upon microscopic investigation of patient’s urine sediment. Original magnification ×40. B) Computed tomography image showing bladder wall thickening (white arrows). C) Geographic location of patient’s place of residence and of cases of human schistosomiasis reported previously in India and Nepal.

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