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Intestinal Parasites: Helminths, Cestodes, Protozoa (and other ...

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Schistosomiasis: Clinical<br />

Manifestations<br />

• Skin: swimmer’s itch<br />

• Acute: Katayama Fever (systemic)<br />

hypersensitivity rxn against production of eggs<br />

4‐8 weeks after exp<br />

– Fever, headache, myalgias, bloody diarrhea,<br />

tender hepatomegaly<br />

• Chronic: eggs trapped in tissues secrete<br />

enzymes causing eosinophilic inflammation,<br />

granulomas

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