- Antoine Berry1,2, Judith Fillaux1,3, Guillaume Martin-Blondel2,4, Jérôme Boissier5, Xavier Iriart1,2, Bruno Marchou4, Jean François Magnaval1, Pierre Delobel2,4
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France 2 Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, INSERM UMR U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France 3 UMR 152, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France 4 Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France 5 Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, IHPE UMR 5244, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Montpellier, Perpignan, FranceAntoine Berryberry.a chu-toulouse.fr
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Citation style for this article: Berry Antoine, Fillaux Judith, Martin-Blondel Guillaume, Boissier Jérôme, Iriart Xavier, Marchou Bruno, Magnaval Jean François, Delobel Pierre. Evidence for a permanent presence of schistosomiasis in Corsica, France, 2015. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(1):pii=30100. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.1.30100 Received: 10 Dec 2015; Accepted: 05 Jan 2015
Evidence for a permanent presence of schistosomiasis in Corsica, France, 2015
Abstract
We present a case of acute schistosomiasis acquired in Corsica after bathing in the Cavu River during the summer of 2015. The diagnosis was made following epidemiological, laboratory and serological assessments. After a previous outbreak of urogenital schistosomiasis during the summer of 2013, when more than 120 infections were diagnosed, this further case indicates transmission was still effective in 2015, thus suggesting a permanent presence of schistosomiasis in Corsica.

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