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Fascioliasis: Systematic Review
Fascioliasis is among important parasitic diseases which limit productivity of ruminants in particular cattle. Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica are the two liver flukes commonly reported to cause fascioliasis in ruminants. Fasciola hepatica may be acquired by man, but not directly from cattle. A person must ingest the metacercaria in order to become infected. The geographical distributi...
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Human fascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica, is emerging as an important chronic zoonotic disease in many areas of the world, including Turkey. It primarily involves the liver and may also cause severe damage in the tissue. Herein we report on a patient with ectopic intraabdominal fascioliasis that presented to our clinic with abdominal pain and distention. Physical and radiological examina...
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Fascioliasis is a zoonotic trematodiasis of great public health importance affecting ruminant animals and man. The prevalence of bovine fascioliasis in Nigeria is high and affects the productivity of farmers. Fascioliasis is mainly detected in abattoirs during post mortem inspection as it affects the livers of these animals leading to partial or total condemnation of the liver. Since most cattl...
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To the Editor: We initiated enhanced surveillance for human fascio-liasis after a reported increase in livestock cases in the United Kingdom. human cases were confi rmed by the reference laboratory for England and Wales, compared with 6 cases during the preceding 10 years. The Scottish reference laboratory detected no human cases during the study period. Fascioliasis was defi ned as a positive ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1678-9849,0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0201-2019