Table 3.
Characteristics, symptoms, and eosinophil counts of subjects with serological evidence for recent infection with schistosoma spp
| Serological conversion for | Sex | Age in years | Country of birth | Destination | Travel duration in days | Previous travel to a developing country | Travel-related symptoms | Eosinophil count per mm3 (proportion of leukocytes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-travel | Post-travel | * | |||||||||
| 1 | Schist | M | 29 | Netherlands | India | 42 | 2 - 5× | Four weeks of watery diarrhoea | 40 (1.1%) | 60 (1.7%) | ↑ |
| 2 | Schist | M | 36 | Iran | Vietnam | 22 | 1 x | None | 100 (2.2%) | 160 (3.1%) | ↑ |
| 3 | Schist | M | 35 | Belgium | Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia | 29 | 1 x | Two days of watery diarrhoea with fever | 130 (2.5%) | 130 (2.7%) | = |
| 4 | Schist | F | 26 | Netherlands | Thailand | 21 | 0× | None | 560 (7.9%) | 330 (5.1%) | ↓ |
| 5 | Schist | F | 22 | Netherlands | Dominican Republic | 29 | 0 x | Three days of watery diarrhoea | 170 (3.2%) | 220 (4.2%) | ↑ |
| 6 | Strong | F | 59 | Netherlands | China | 14 | 2 - 5× | None | 80 (1.4%) | 170 (2.8%) | ↑ |
| 7 | Strong | F | 48 | Surinam | India | 24 | >10× | Nine days of bloody diarrhoea and fever | 130 (1.9%) | 100 (1.1%) | ↓ |
| 8 | Strong | F | 65 | Netherlands | India | 14 | 6 - 10× | Two days of diarrhoea | 320 (4.9%) | 120 (1.4%) | ↓ |
| 9 | Fil | F | 54 | Netherlands | India | 14 | 2 - 5× | Three 2-day episodes of watery diarrhoea. | 80 (1.5%) | 110 (2.3%) | ↑ |
| 10 | Toxo | M | 53 | Surinam | Angola | 59 | >10× | Two weeks myalgia, arthritis with skin rash | 110 (2.1%) | 130 (2.7%) | ↑ |
Schis: Schistosoma spp. Strong: Strongyloides stercoralis Fil: Filaria spp. Toxo: Toxocara canis M: male F: female
*) The change in the absolute eosinophil count per mm3, post-travel versus pre-travel: ↑ indicating an increase, ↓ a decrease, and = no change.