The liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, is considered as the most common cause of fasciolosis in both domestic livestock and human. This study was carried out to detect the prevalence of the larval stages of F. hepatica in the snails Galba truncatula and Lymnaea stagnalis in West Azarbaijan, Iran. Snail collection was performed through searching 28 freshwater habitats from May to December 2010. Fol...

fasciola hepatica (f. hepatica) as a foodborne trematode can occasionally cause hepatobiliary diseases. we report a 67-year-old woman who was referred to our center because of the diagnosis of cholangitis. she was a resident of mountainous area with the history of unsafe water and contaminated vegetables. endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) was performed as a diagnostic and th...

Fasciola hepatica (F. hepatica) as a foodborne trematode can occasionally cause hepatobiliary diseases. We report a 67-year-old woman who was referred to our center because of the diagnosis of cholangitis. She was a resident of mountainous area with the history of unsafe water and contaminated vegetables. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was performed as a diagnostic and th...

In many infection experiments attention has been focused mainly on the rate of the larval development of F. hepatica and the number of rediae and mature cercariae produced by infected L. truncatula (Kendall, 1949; Roberts, 1950; Boray, 1969). Very little consideration has been given to the actual numbers of cercariae which emerge from infected snails. Knowledge of the output of cercariae from i...

glutathione s-transferases (gsts) are widespread in fasciola. hepatica parasite and sheep liver tissue. study of gsts inhibition assays in f. hepatica and sheep liver tissue are a priority of chemotherapeutic targets in parasitic liver diseases including human fascioliasis in iran. in this research, the whole extract of f. hepatica and sheep liver tissues were purified and eluted for sodium dod...

Fascioliasis is primarily an infection of livestock such as cattle and sheep, caused by the flat, brown liver fluke Fasciola hepatica. Humans are accidental hosts. The diagnosis of infection depends on suspicion. Radiologic findings are specific. Usually, Computed Tomography (CT) and other imaging studies show hypodense migratory lesions of the liver. The development of a chronic liver abscess ...

The liver fluke Fasciola hepatica parasitizes humans and ruminant livestock worldwide, and it is now being considered a reemerging zoonotic disease, especially in areas in which it is endemic, such as South America. This study investigates the immune response to excretory and secretory products produced by F. hepatica in a group of patients from the Peruvian Altiplano, where the disease is high...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the intrahepatic ramification of hepatic veins and biliary ducts in American mink liver. Minks are not classical laboratory animals, but with the expansion of fur farming these animals have become available for many biomedical researches. Hepatic veins and biliary ducts of the mink liver were studied by dissection and injection corrosion technique. We determ...