The Basel ultrasonography protocol for assessing hepatosplenic pathologies in Asian schistosomiasis: report of a WHO expert meeting

Abstract Asian hepatointestinal schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma japonicum is prevalent in the Philippines and in Indonesia, while it is close to elimination in China. The second Asian schistosome, S. mekongi, is found in Cambodia and Laos. The main pathology caused by both species is liver fibros...

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Published in:	Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Main Authors:	Joachim Richter, Andreas Neumayr, Amadou Garba-Djirmay, Hiroshi Ohmae, Ralph Aniceto, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jing Xu, Zhaoyu Guo, An Ning, Edward Mberu Kamau, Francesca Tamarozzi, Hannah Wei Wu, Charles King, Birgitte Jyding Vennervald, Goylette F. Chami, Jürg Utzinger, Christoph Hatz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-08-01
Subjects:	Schistosoma japonicum Schistosoma mekongi Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis Ultrasonography Point-of-care ultrasound Liver fibrosis
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-025-01349-x