Diagnosis and clinical management of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: A scoping review of the literature

Francesca Tamarozzi; Veronica A. Fittipaldo; Hans Martin Orth; Joachim Richter; Dora Buonfrate; Niccolò Riccardi; Federico G. Gobbi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009191

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Diagnosis and clinical management of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: A scoping review of the literature

Francesca Tamarozzi ,

* E-mail: francesca.tamarozzi@sacrocuore.it

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0478-3914

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Veronica A. Fittipaldo,

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2832-9241

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Hans Martin Orth,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Duesseldorf University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Joachim Richter,

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1930-2944

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Dora Buonfrate,

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0108-6822

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Niccolò Riccardi,

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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Federico G. Gobbi

Affiliation Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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Diagnosis and clinical management of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: A scoping review of the literature

Francesca Tamarozzi,
Veronica A. Fittipaldo,
Hans Martin Orth,
Joachim Richter,
Dora Buonfrate,
Niccolò Riccardi,
Federico G. Gobbi

Published: March 25, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009191

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