Prospective European-wide multicentre study on a blood based real-time PCR for the diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis

Table 2 Characteristics of patients with high suspicion of acute schistosomiasis but without fever

Patient	Region of exposure	Reason for travel	Incubation time [days]⁽¹⁾	Time to diagnosis [days]⁽²⁾	Eosinophils absolute [per μl]	PCR	Serology	Microscopy
39	Togo	VFR	51	95	6,000	pos	pos	S.m.
40	Brazil	Tourist	39	66	11,640	Ø	Ø	Ø
41	Guinea	Tourist	14	17	1,090	Ø	pos	Ø
42	Uganda	Occupational	38	44	n.a.	Ø	pos	n.a.
43	Egypt	Tourist	26	40	1,100	Ø	Ø	Ø
44	Malawi	Tourist	37	40	1,040	Ø	(pos)	Ø
45	Rwanda	Tourist	47	54	2,640	pos	Ø	S.m.
46	Rwanda	Tourist	62	90	14,150	pos	pos	S.m.
47	Rwanda	Tourist	57	62	1,150	pos	Ø	Ø
48	Rwanda	Tourist	93	96	2,860	pos	(pos)	S.m.
49	Rwanda	Tourist	25	54	14,270	pos	pos	S.m.
50	Rwanda	Tourist	n.a.	96	11,120	pos	pos	S.m.
51	Rwanda	Tourist	n.a.	96	1,960	pos	pos	Ø
52⁽³⁾	Rwanda	Tourist	n.a.	62	1,290	pos	Ø	Ø
53⁽³⁾	Rwanda	Tourist	n.a.	96	1,210	pos	(pos)	S.m.
54⁽³⁾	Rwanda	Tourist	n.a.	96	2,120	pos	(pos)	Ø
55⁽³⁾	Rwanda	Tourist	n.a.	96	1,700	pos	pos	S.m.

(1): Time from exposure to beginning of clinical symptoms.
(2): Time from exposure to diagnostics.
(3): Persons from cluster, exposed 2 years before at the same location as well, and not previously diagnosed.
VFR Visiting relatives and friends.
n.a. Not available.
pos Positive.
Ø Negative.
(pos) Only one of two different serological tests for schistosomiasis shows a positive result.
S.m. eggs of S.mansoni.

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