The Basel ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatosplenic pathologies in Asian schistosomiasis: report of a WHO expert meeting

The Basel ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatosplenic pathologies in Asian schistosomiasis: report of a WHO expert meeting

Abstract Asian hepatointestinal schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma japonicum is prevalent in the Philippines and in Indonesia, while it is close to elimination in China. The second Asian schistosome, S. mekongi, is found in Cambodia and Laos. The main pathology caused by both species is liver fibros...

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Main Authors: Joachim Richter, Andreas Neumayr, Amadou Garba-Djirmay, Hiroshi Ohmae, Ralph Aniceto, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jing Xu, Zhaoyu Guo, An Ning, Edward Mberu Kamau, Francesca Tamarozzi, Hannah Wei Wu, Charles King, Birgitte Jyding Vennervald, Goylette F. Chami, Jürg Utzinger, Christoph Hatz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-08-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosoma mekongi
Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis
Ultrasonography
Point-of-care ultrasound
Liver fibrosis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01349-x
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