title: Latent schistosomiasis in Portuguese soldiers.
abstract: Schistosomiasis was diagnosed in two Portuguese soldiers who had been deployed to Portuguese colonies in Africa. The first veteran was diagnosed as having schistosomiasis 34 years after returning from Angola, and the second veteran was found with Schistosoma haematobium infection 40 years after returning from Mozambique. The patient with Schistosoma mansoni had an active infection, because eggs were recovered with living miracidia. The second patient had developed urothelial cancer, but eggs recovered were calcified.
authors.affiliation: Center of Parasite Immunology and Biology, National Institutes of Health, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Helena P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerqueira
authors.forename: Maria de Lurdes
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Delfina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Jose M Correia
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: da Costa
mesh_terms: D000810:Angola; D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014195:Travel