Male genitourinary schistosomiasis-related symptoms among long-term Western African migrants in Spain: a prospective population-based screening study

• Main Authors: Sílvia Roure (Author), Xavier Vallès (Author), Olga Pérez-Quílez (Author), Israel López-Muñoz (Author), Anna Chamorro (Author), Elena Abad (Author), Lluís Valerio (Author), Laura Soldevila (Author), Sergio España (Author), Alaa H. A. Hegazy (Author), Gema Fernández-Rivas (Author), Ester Gorriz (Author), Dolores Herena (Author), Mário Oliveira (Author), Maria Carme Miralles (Author), Carmen Conde (Author), Juan José Montero-Alia (Author), Elia Fernández-Pedregal (Author), Jose Miranda-Sánchez (Author), Josep M. Llibre (Author), Mar Isnard (Author), Josep Maria Bonet (Author), Oriol Estrada (Author), Núria Prat (Author), Bonaventura Clotet (Author), The Schisto-Stop study group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Schistosomiasis is highly endemic in sub-Saharan Africa and frequently imported to Europe. Male urogenital manifestations are often neglected. We aimed to ascertain the prevalence of genitourinary clinical signs and symptoms among long-term African migrants in a non-endemic Europ...