Diagnosis of bilharziasis from Schistosoma mansoni in the early stage: apropos of 77 cases
Barabe, P.; Guigon, B.; Capdevielle, P.; Charles, D.; Delmarre, B.
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de Ses Filiales 77(4): 491-498
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085 PMID: 6391712 Document Number: 238191
Schistosoma mansoni infection was diagnosed in 77 patients among 184 men (41.8%) coming from a regiment which had stayed in an endemic area. When it was recognized, this affection had no symptom in 48% of cases. When symptoms were present, they were general or allergic signs, and digestive troubles. Diagnosis, conjectured by hypereosinophilia, was confirmed by discovery of ova in 34 cases, and, in another hand, by positive immunofluorescence in 43 cases without evidence of parasite. This serological test is the best one for diagnosis, at the outset of disease.