To assess the type and load of helminths in wastewater and the quality of treatment, we examined the raw and treated wastewater of 8 wastewater treatment plants (WTP) in Tehran and 2 in Isfahan for the presence of helminth eggs during 2002-2003. Wastewater samples obtained from both inlet and effluent of each treatment plant were examined on several occasions using the modified Bailenger method...

dicrocoelium dendriticum is 10 by 2 mm. trematodes which live in the liver of the cattle, goats and sheep but it occasionally infects the human being. during the study of intestinal infections in the caspian sea region 2 cases of dicrocoeliasis were found. the method for diagnosis was formol-ether concentration technique for stool examination. these two patients had eosinophilia and vague abdom...

Fashuyi S. A., G. O. Adeoye: The Possible Snail Intermediate Hosts of Dicrocoelium hospes in Nigeria. Acta vet. Brno, 55, 1986: 85 -88. Limicolaria /lammea. L. striatula and Lamellaxis gracilis were experimentally infected with larval stages of Dicrocoelium hospes after exposure to embryonated eggs. Limicolaria proved to be more suitable, showing higher infection rates, more mature cercariae an...