We purposively selected 39 sampling sites along the Mara River and its two perennial tributaries of Amala and Nyangores and sampled snails. In addition, water physicochemical parameters (temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, alkalinity, salinity and pH) were taken to establish their influence on the snail abundance and habitat preference. Out of the 39 sites sampled, 10 (25.6%...

BACKGROUND Lymnaeid snails transmit medical and veterinary important trematodiases, mainly fascioliasis. Vector specificity of fasciolid parasites defines disease distribution and characteristics. Different lymnaeid species appear linked to different transmission and epidemiological patterns. Pronounced susceptibility differences to absolute resistance have been described among lymnaeid populat...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to perform seroepidemiological investigation for determining the status of human fasciolosis in Pirabad Village, Lorestan Province, western Iran. METHODS Blood samples were taken from residents of the village including 801 individuals. Sera were separated and stored at -20°C until used. The samples were analyzed using ELISA. RESULTS Anti-Fasciola ant...

This study aimed to determine the frequency of fascioliasis in animals slaughtered slaughterhouses province Andahuaylas and financial loss due seizure livers. The research was quantitative at a basic level, analytical design, observational type, cross-sectional. It carried out between October December 2016 districts Andahuaylas, San Jerónimo, Talavera. At same time, retrospective corresponding ...

El trematodo Fasciola hepatica genera la parasitosis zoonótica denominada fascioliasis, que aqueja especialmente a niños de edad escolar pertenecientes poblaciones del sector rural donde se practica agricultura. objetivo revisión fue mostrar realidad fascioliasis en Perú frente al resto mundo y sus factores asociados. Se efectuó un estudio carácter bibliométrico, descriptivo transversal, recopi...

Objetivo. Determinar el porcentaje de fascioliasis y equinococosis quística; también, impacto del comiso vísceras en rumiantes faenados matadero municipal Abancay, Perú. Materiales métodos. El estudio fue básico, transversal analítico. Se incluyeron todos los matadero, septiembre a diciembre 2012. determinó peso vivo rumiantes, además sus sanas e infectadas. estimó la pérdida económica por inca...