Pulmonary schistosomiasis refers to lung involvement in schistosomiasis. Lung involvement can occur in 50% of cases. It occasionally falls into the group of secondary eosinophilic lung disease.
The disease is broadly categorized into two main forms:
- acute: acute pulmonary schistosomiasis
- commonly seen in non-immune travelers
- chronic: chronic pulmonary schistosomiasis
- chronic and recurrent infection develops in persons living or traveling in endemic areas
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