A confirmed diagnosis of human fascioliasis was rare in Vietnam until 1978 when two cases were reported in humans. Since 1997, we have confirmed 500 cases of human fascioliasis. The majority of cases come from the central provinces of Vietnam: Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa. Patients were treated in hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. All had high peripheral blood eosinophilic...

Fascioliasis is a worldwide zoonotic infection with Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. The zoonoses are particularly endemic in sheep-raising countries and are also endemic in Iran. Typical symptoms that may be associated with fascioliasis can be divided by phases of the disease, including the acute or liver phase, the chronic or biliary phase, and ectopic or pharyngeal fascioliasis. Cho...

Parasitic diseases are huge problem for human and veterinary medicine and for economy, agriculture and wildlife management. One of these diseases is fasciolosis, which is caused by two trematode species, Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) and Fasciola gigantica. Only F. hepatica is a concern in Europe and Americas but the distribution of both species overlaps in many areas of Africa and Asia (Mas-...

abstract background: fascioliasis, caused by fasciola hepatica and f. gigantica , has medical and economic importance in the world. molecular approaches comparing tradi­tional methods using for identification and characterization of fasciola spp. are precise and reliable. the aims of current study were molecular characterization of fasciola spp. in west azerbaijan province, iran and then compar...

Tropical fasciolosis is regarded as one of the most important helminthic infections of ruminants in Asia and Africa. Throughout most of its geographical range, Fasciola gigantica is of great importance as a parasite in sheep. The aim of this study was to detect seroprevalence of fascioliasis in sheep in Khouzestan province. In this study, due to the importance of livestock dise...