TY - JOUR AU - Domingues, Ana Lúcia Coutinho AU - Barbosa, Constança Simões AU - Agt, Thiago Frederico Andrade AU - Mota, Andréia Braga AU - Franco, Clélia Maria Ribeiro AU - Lopes, Edmundo Pessoa AU - Loyo, Rodrigo AU - Gomes, Elainne Christine Souza PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/02 TI - Spinal neuroschistosomiasis caused by Schistoma mansoni: cases reported in two brothers JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 724 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Spinal neuroschistosomiasis (SN) is one of the most severe clinical presentations of schistosomiasis infection and an ectopic form of the disease caused by any species of Schistosoma. In Brazil, all cases of this clinical manifestation are related to Schistosoma mansoni, the only species present in the country. Although many cases have been reported in various endemic areas in Brazil, this is the first time in the literature that SN is described in two brothers. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05428-2 DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-05428-2 ID - Domingues2020 ER -