Therapeutic response to an empirical praziquantel treatment in long-staying sub-Saharan African migrants with positive Schistosoma serology and chronic symptoms: A prospective cohort study in Spain
The positive response to praziquantel suggests that chronic schistosomiasis is a prevalent condition among long-staying African migrants. These results need to be confirmed in randomized clinical trials.
Authors
- Israel López-Muñoz
- Anna Chamorro
- Laura Soldevila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3324-0225)
- Oriol Estrada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1414-5000)
- Bonaventura Clotet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3232-4598)
- Elena Abad
- Gema Fernández‐Rivas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4854-5934)
- Josep M. Llibre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7158-6753)
- Ester Gorriz
- Xavier Vallès
- Elia Fernández-Pedregal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3979-1465)
- Sílvia Roure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7982-0890)
- Sergio España (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-4270)
- Josep Maria Bonet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7981-5880)
- Núria Prat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1689-9017)
- Olga Pérez‐Quílez
- Dolores Herena
- Lluís Valerio
- Mar Isnard
- Alaa H A Hegazy
Institutions
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- IrsiCaixa (ES)
- Red de Investigación en Sida (ES)
- Fundació ACE (ES)
- Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (ES)
- Institut Català de la Salut (ES)
- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol (ES)
- Fundació Lluita contra les Infeccions (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107873
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.19