Viable <i>Schistosoma mansoni</i> infection 41 years after last exposure—a case report of a loyal parasite
Highlight: Schistosoma species may show extraordinary longevity, despite not replicating in human hosts. We present a case of active Schistosoma mansoni infection in a Swiss patient 41 years after her one and only possible exposure (swimming in Lake Kivu, Rwanda).
Authors
- Andreas Neumayr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7358-2791)
- Anna Eichenberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9775-9424)
- Beatrice Nickel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-2643)
- Maura Concu
- Cornelia Staehelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-7051)
- Robert Hoepner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0115-7021)
- Linda J. Wammes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6660-9738)
- Aart Mookhoek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-1622)
- Alexander Oberli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0237-657X)
- Claudia Münger
- Nadine Sidler
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Ciena (United States) (US)
- Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AU)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Intertek (Switzerland) (CH)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Travel Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaf103
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00