Schistosomiasis Haematobium, Corsica, France

Berry, Antoine; Moné, Hélène; Iriart, Xavier; Mouahid, Gabriel; Aboo, Olivier; Boissier, Jérôme; Fillaux, Judith; Cassaing, Sophie; Debuisson, C.; Valentin, Alexis; Mitta, Guillaume; Thèron, André; Magnaval, Jean-François

doi:10.3201/eid2009.140928

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“…This became true nearly 50 years later when more than 120 cases of autochthonous schistosomiasis were diagnosed in France. All these infections were acquired after bathing in the Cavu River in southern Corsica and all were consistent with an infection during summer 2013 [1][2][3][4][5]. Transmission occurring before and after 2013 has been reported in two articles [7,8].…”

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“…Furthermore, the patient did not report any history of bathing in other Rivers in Corsica or staying in or travelling to classic or usual endemic areas for schistosomiasis. Previously, an outbreak of urogenital schistosomiasis had been identified in connection with bathing in the same river during the summer of 2013 [1][2][3][4][5]. That no schistosomiasis infections were observed in the 2014 summer is probably due to the fact that the French authorities prohibited bathing in the Cavu River.…”

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Evidence for a permanent presence of schistosomiasis in Corsica, France, 2015

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We present a case of acute schistosomiasis acquired in Corsica after bathing in the Cavu River during the summer of 2015. The diagnosis was made following epidemiological, laboratory and serological assessments. After a previous outbreak of urogenital schistosomiasis during the summer of 2013, when more than 120 infections were diagnosed, this further case indicates transmission was still effective in 2015, thus suggesting a permanent presence of schistosomiasis in Corsica.We report a case of schistosomiasis acquired in 2015 in Corsica, indicating that permanent transmission of this helminthiasis has been established on the island. Case descriptionOn 11 September 2015, a person in their 40s presented to the Consultation Board at the Infectious and Tropical Disease Department of Toulouse University Hospitals in France with a 15-day history of diffuse abdominal pain, headache and asthenia. The patient had no fever, and physical examination was unremarkable. In particular, the patient neither displayed any skin rash nor complained of pruritus. The white blood cell count was 6.0 × 10 9 /L, within the normal range (4.0-10.0 × 10 9 cells/L), but a blood eosinophilia (3.2 × 10 9 cells/L, normal range: < 0.5 × 10 9 cells/L) was observed by differential count. Biochemical tests of liver function found several abnormalities, namely a serum alanine aminotransferase level at 140 UI/L (normal range: 0-40 UI/L) and a gamma-glutamyl transferase level at 323 IU/L (normal range: 0-60 IU/L). Aspartate aminotransferase and total bilirubin levels were within the normal range. C-reactive protein was 11.7 mg/L (normal value: < 5 mg/L).By serology, the patient tested negative for cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis A, B and C, and Leptospira infections. Serodiagnostics of ascariasis, alveolar and cystic echinococcoses, fascioliasis, filariases, strongyloidiasis, trichinellosis and schistosomiasis were negative. The ELISA result for schistosomiasis (expressed as a ratio), although negative with a ratio of 0.770, was close to the cut-off value of 1.0. Schistosomiasis serology relied upon commercial ELISA kits (Bordier Affinity Products, Crissier, Switzerland) and indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA) (Fumouze Diagnostics, Levallois-Perret, France), which are both screening tests using Schistosoma mansoni extracts as antigen.Because an aetiological diagnosis was not reached, the patient attended a further consultation on 24 September. The clinical picture remained unchanged, but blood eosinophilia decreased to 2 × 10 9 cells/L. By that time, specific laboratory examinations for urogenital schistosomiasis had been carried out because of the previous ELISA result and also because the patient informed us of their vacation in Corsica in summer 2015. Urinalysis was normal, and microscopic search for Schistosoma haematobium eggs remained negative. Serology was positive, with an ELISA ratio of 2.65 (cutoff: 1.0). The IHA result (expressed as a titre of dilution) was 160 (cut-off: 160). These results were checked by a commercial West...

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Evidence for a permanent presence of schistosomiasis in Corsica, France, 2015

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“…La S1P est le produit de la phosphorylation de la sphingosine par les sphingosine kinases. Bien que deux isoformes de sphingosine kinases ont été décrites, SphK1 et SphK2, le rôle de la SphK1 est beaucoup mieux caractérisé dans le cancer que celui de la SphK2 [2]. La SphK1, activée par de très nombreux agonistes (facteurs de croissance, hormones, cytokines, etc.…”

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“…), génère la S1P qui peut alors être sécrétée et agir de façon extracellulaire. Elle se lie à l'un de ses cinq récepteurs (S1P [1][2][3][4][5] ), qui sont des récep-teurs couplés aux protéines G, induisant…”

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