An outbreak of acute schistosomiasis following a church retreat to Mwanza, Tanzania, 2008.
Clinical and laboratory findings are described from 77 persons from Nairobi, Kenya, of whom 66 were diagnosed with acute Schistosoma mansoni infection following a trip to Mwanza, Tanzania. Unusual ocular symptoms were observed as a rare manifestation of acute schistosomiasis. The outbreak highlights the risk of swimming in Lake Victoria.
Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine (CTTM), Nairobi, Kenya.
Charles N
CN
Chunge
Ruth N
RN
Chunge
Michael S
MS
Masinde
John N
JN
Atinga
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D060106:Lakes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D033303:Protestantism; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000469:parasitology; D013636:Tanzania / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult