Katayama Fever

 

                                                                   Schistosomiasis

1847

Schistosoma Japonicum

Katayama Fever is the name given to the acute form of schistosomiasis, especially seen in Schistosoma japonicum infection (common in Japan, China, and the Philippines). It was first described by Dr. Katayama in Japan in 1847, in patients along the Katayama district of Hiroshima Prefecture—hence the name.

Katayama Fever 

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First described in 1847 by Japanese physicians observing patients in Katayama

.Refers to the acute febrile illness (fever, hepatosplenomegaly, eosinophilia) that occurs during early schistosomiasis japonica.