The unexpected traveling companion: Interactive cases in migratory helminthiases

摘要

Increasingly exotic travel for pleasure, business or science, coupled with ever more adventurous ethnic eating, means increased exposure of travellers to a variety of pathogens, including helminth parasites. In this contribution, several case reports highlight infections that may be well known in some parts of the world, but which presented as clinical and diagnostic challenges when they accompanied travelers either visiting or returning to South Africa.