Schistosoma mansoni Eggs in Spleen and Lungs, Mimicking Other Diseases

Federico Gobbi; Giulia Martelli; Luciano Attard; Dora Buonfrate; Andrea Angheben; Valentina Marchese; Laura Bortesi; Maria Gobbo; Elisa Vanino; Pierluigi Viale; Zeno Bisoffi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003860

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Schistosoma mansoni Eggs in Spleen and Lungs, Mimicking Other Diseases

Federico Gobbi ,

* E-mail: federico.gobbi@sacrocuore.it

Affiliation Center for Tropical Diseases, Ospedale Sacro-Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Giulia Martelli,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Ospedale S. Orsola-Malpighi, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Luciano Attard,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Ospedale S. Orsola-Malpighi, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Dora Buonfrate,

Affiliation Center for Tropical Diseases, Ospedale Sacro-Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Andrea Angheben,

Affiliation Center for Tropical Diseases, Ospedale Sacro-Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Valentina Marchese,

Affiliations Center for Tropical Diseases, Ospedale Sacro-Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy, Acute and Chronic Viral Hepatitis Department, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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Laura Bortesi,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ospedale Sacro-Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Maria Gobbo,

Affiliation Center for Tropical Diseases, Ospedale Sacro-Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Elisa Vanino,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Ospedale S. Orsola-Malpighi, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Pierluigi Viale,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Ospedale S. Orsola-Malpighi, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Zeno Bisoffi

Affiliation Center for Tropical Diseases, Ospedale Sacro-Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Schistosoma mansoni Eggs in Spleen and Lungs, Mimicking Other Diseases

Federico Gobbi,
Giulia Martelli,
Luciano Attard,
Dora Buonfrate,
Andrea Angheben,
Valentina Marchese,
Laura Bortesi,
Maria Gobbo,
Elisa Vanino,
Pierluigi Viale

Published: July 23, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003860

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