Schistosomiasis and liver disease: Learning from the past to understand the present
Author(s) -
Abdelghani Eman,
Zerpa Rommel,
Iliescu Gloria,
Escalante Carmen P.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2922
Subject(s) - schistosomiasis , medicine , schistosoma , liver disease , disease , pathology , immunology , helminths , schistosoma mansoni , gastroenterology
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.
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