| a review of schistosomiasis in immigrants in western australia, demonstrating the unusual longevity of schistosoma mansoni. | sixteen patients with imported schistosomiasis in western australia, a non-endemic area, are recorded. ten with schistosoma mansoni had lived there for over 20 years, three for over 31 years and two for more than 32 years. no record of a life span of 31 years for s. mansoni can be found in the literature. the principal symptomatology in three patients with s. mansoni was hypersplenism. four patients with s. mansoni were asymptomatic. ten had eosinophil counts greater than 0.3 x 10(9)/1 and one w ... | 1984 | 6464135 |