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Evidence of autochthonous transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in Almeria (southeast Spain): An outbreak analysis

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Evidence of autochthonous transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in Almeria (southeast Spain): An outbreak analysis

dc.contributor.author	Salas-Coronas, Joaquín
dc.contributor.author	Bargues Castelló, María Dolores
dc.contributor.author	Lozano-Serrano, Ana Belén
dc.contributor.author	Artigas Bascur, Patricio
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Ortí, Alberto
dc.contributor.author	Mas-Coma, S.
dc.contributor.author	Merino-Salas, Sergio
dc.contributor.author	Abad Vivas-Pérez, José Ignacio
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-07T13:00:05Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-07T13:00:05Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Salas-Coronas, Joaquín Bargues Castelló, María Dolores Lozano-Serrano, Ana Belén Artigas Bascur, Patricio Martínez Ortí, Alberto Mas-Coma, S. Merino-Salas, Sergio Abad Vivas-Pérez, José Ignacio 2021 Evidence of autochthonous transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in Almeria (southeast Spain): An outbreak analysis Travel Medicine And Infectious Disease 44 102165
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/82223
dc.description.abstract	Background: Schistosomiasis is endemic in 78 countries belonging to tropical and subtropical areas. However, autochthonous transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis was reported in Corsica (France) in 2013. We present evidence of autochthonous transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis in Almería (Spain) in 2003. Methods: Description of the outbreak in farmers and subsequent epidemiological studies aimed at searching for Bulinus snails and their genotypic characteristics. Results: The outbreak affected 4 farmers out of a group of 5 people who repeatedly bathed that summer in an irrigation pool in the area. Two of them presented macroscopic hematuria with bilharziomas, showing the presence of Schistosoma eggs in bladder biopsies. Two others were asymptomatic but the serology for schisto somiasis was positive. In 2015, the presence of the vector Bulinus truncatus was demonstrated in Almería in water collections of appropriate characteristics. DNA sequencing proving that local B. truncatus species were base-to base identical to B. truncatus from Senegal. Conclusions: We present a new outbreak of autochthonous transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis in Europe. Although no new cases of autochthonous transmission have been reported, some other cases may have occurred at that time or later on and be unnoticed as many cases of schistosomiasis are asymptomatic or present mild and unspecific symptoms.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Travel Medicine And Infectious Disease, 2021, vol. 44, num. 102165
dc.subject	Malalties parasitàries
dc.subject	Malalties transmissibles
dc.title	Evidence of autochthonous transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in Almeria (southeast Spain): An outbreak analysis
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.date.updated	2022-04-07T13:00:06Z
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102165
dc.identifier.idgrec	151225
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES