Schistosomiasis--a viable differential for haematuria in travelers in Pakistan.

Parasitic diseases generally present a major health problem especially in developing countries. However, the human urogenitial tract is commonly infested by a few species of parasites. One of them is schistosoma haematobium, not found in Pakistan is a digenetic blood fluke causing severe and varied urinary tract pathology. Evaluation of such pathology warrants careful history taking, eliciting patient’s geographic origin or his exposure in an area endemic for a particular parasite.