Schistosomiasis and liver disease: Learning from the past to understand the present

Eman Abdelghani, Rommel Zerpa, Gloria Iliescu, Carmen P. Escalante

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Abstract

To diagnose schistosomiasis, past medical history review should include recent travel to or from an endemic area, a history of elevated liver enzymes as well as contact with contaminated sources of water or farm animals.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1522-1526
Number of pages5
JournalClinical Case Reports
Volume8
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2020

Keywords

  • gastroenterology
  • hepatology
  • infectious diseases
  • liver diseases
  • schistosoma
  • schistosomiasis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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