Background: Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease with diverse clinical manifestations. Thoracic involvement is uncommon, and pleural effusion due to schistosomiasis is exceptionally rare. Cy
aAPC is agar plate cultureKappa statistic for comparisons between APC and charcoal agarb0.14 for culture of hookworm andc0.65 for culture of S. stercoralis for all samples positive for each parasiteCo
