Schistosomiasis and liver disease: Learning from the past to understand the present

Abstract

Abstract To diagnose schistosomiasis, past medical history review should include recent travel to or from an endemic area, a history of elevated liver enzymes as well as contact with contaminated sources of water or farm animals.

Keywords

• gastroenterology
• hepatology
• infectious diseases
• liver diseases
• schistosoma
• schistosomiasis