BACKGROUND Fascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, is one of the most important plant and water borne disease in Iran. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of fascioliasis and intestinal helminthes in inhabitants of rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in Southwest of Iran. METHODS Stool samples (1025) were collected from inhabitant of ...

We present a case of Fasciola gigantica-induced biliary obstruction and cholestasis diagnosed and treated via endoscopy and trichlorobendazole treatment. This is the first case of Fasciola gigantica treated via endoscopic biliary extraction during ERCP and drug treatment reported from Turkey.

The prevalence of helminthiasis was found to be 15.2 % in buffaloes. Out of 500 samples examined, 9.2 % and 5.4 % were infected with nematodes and trematodes respectively. Mixed infection was observed in 0.6 %. The chief helminths identified were: Toxocara vitulorum (3.6 %), Fasciola gigantica (3.2 %) Oesophagostomum radiatum (3.0 %) Strongyloides papillosus (2.4 %), Fasciola hepatica (2.2 %), ...

Currently, the laboratory diagnosis of human fascioliasis is based on the parasitological examination of parasite eggs in stool specimens and serological detection of specific antibodies in serum samples, which are often unreliable diagnostic approaches. Ideally, a sensitive and specific diagnostic test for Fasciola infection should be based on the detection of circulating Fasciola antigen, whi...

worldwide including iran, fasciola species are the causes of human and animal fasciolosis which have comparatively identical morphologies. the present study is aimed to identify different fasciola forms by using morphologic and morphometric variations from domestic ruminants of northwestern iran. a total of 130, 67 and 140 livers of cattle, water buffaloes and sheep respectively were collected ...

fascioliasis is a worldwide parasitic disease in human and domestic animals. the causative agents of fascioliasis are fasciola hepatica and fasciola gigantica. in the recent years, fasciola resistance to drugs has been reported in the many of publications. fasciola spp has detoxification system including gst enzyme which may be responsible for its resistance. therefore , the aim of the study wa...

A previous study conducted in Belgium revealed that genetic material of Fasciola sp. was present in snail species belonging to the genus Radix. Here, these snails were collected and identified by DNA-based techniques as Radix labiata and Radix balthica. These two species and Galba truncatula (the major intermediate host in Europe) were experimentally infected with Fasciola hepatica. The resulti...

fasciolosis is a disease caused by liver fluck of the genus of fasciola. diagnosis of fasciolosis has been challenging for a long period due to low sensitivity of the coprological diagnostic method. in this study, an in-house dot-elisa method; using excretion–secretory (es ag) and crude (cr ag) antigens of fasciola was described for diagnosis of fasciolosis in cattle. for this purpose, the sera...