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We included all individuals who responded to the online questionnaire but excluded from analysis residents and doctors with dual practices (adults and children) from the analysis. The questionnaire consisted of 19 questions about professional status, screening practices, diagnostic methods, treatment protocols, and follow-up. The response rate was 10.5% (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 102\/970); four respondents were excluded, including two medical residents and two respondents with dual practices. Adult and pediatric infectious disease specialists participated in the study. Serology was the most frequently used diagnostic method among asymptomatic patients. The preferred imaging examination was ultrasound, especially among pediatricians. Praziquantel treatment dose schemes were heterogeneous; 55 of 98 respondents prescribed more than one dose. Serology was still used by 23% (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 23\/98) of the respondents as a follow-up tool despite its irrelevance. The management of chronic schistosomiasis in nonendemic countries is heterogeneous even among infectious disease specialists. New guidelines need to consider the diversity of nosological frameworks.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.24-0724","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]],"date-time":"2025-09-11T17:36:24Z","timestamp":1757612184000},"page":"1025-1030","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Schistosomiasis Diagnostic and Treatment Practices of French Infectious Disease Physicians Examining Migrants from Schistosoma Endemic Countries"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"113","author":[{"given":"Emma","family":"Oliosi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Paris-Saclay, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, AP-HP, H\u00f4pital Bic\u00eatre, Le Kremlin Bic\u00eatre, France;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Claire","family":"Leblanc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de P\u00e9diatrie G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"St\u00e9phane","family":"Jaur\u00e9guiberry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Paris-Saclay, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, AP-HP, H\u00f4pital Bic\u00eatre, Le Kremlin Bic\u00eatre, France;"},{"name":"INSERM 1018 CESP (Centre de Recherche en Epid\u00e9miologie et Sant\u00e9 des Populations), Villejuif, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"year":"2024","key":"b1","article-title":"Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)."},{"key":"b2","series-title":"Wkly Epidemiol Rec","first-page":"749","article-title":"Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: Number of people treated in 2016","volume":"92","year":"2017"},{"year":"2002","key":"b3","article-title":"Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis: Report of a WHO Expert Committee."},{"key":"b4","series-title":"Lancet Glob Health","first-page":"e236","article-title":"Prevalence of strongyloidiasis and schistosomiasis among migrants: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"7","author":"Asundi","year":"2019"},{"year":"2018","key":"b5","article-title":"Public Health Guidance on Screening and Vaccination for Infectious Diseases in Newly Arrived Migrants within the EU\/EEA."},{"year":"2007","key":"b6","article-title":"Guide\u2014Affection De Longue Dur\u00e9e. 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