Human Passage of Schistosoma incognitum, Tamil Nadu, India, and Review of Autochthonous Schistosomiasis, South Asia

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Ajjampur, Sitara S.R.;Sarkar, Rajiv;Bradbury, Richard S.
Richard Bradbury
Abstract

A fecal survey in Tamil Nadu, India, revealed 2 persons passed schistosome eggs, later identified as Schistosoma incognitum, a parasite of pigs, dogs, and rats. We investigated those cases and reviewed autochthonous schistosomiasis cases from India and Nepal. Whether the 2 new cases represent true infection or spurious passage is undetermined.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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30

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1080-6059

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6

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US Department of Health and Human Services

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10.3201/eid3006.231641