Paragonimiasis is a food-borne trematode infection that affects 22 million people in at least 20 countries (World Health Organization [WHO], 2002) with 293 million more at risk of infection (Keiser & Utzinger, 2007). In East, Southeast, and South Asia, pulmonary paragonimiasis is commonly caused by the trematode Paragonimus westermani (Blair et al., 2007). Humans get infected by this lung fluke...

BACKGROUND Two platyhelminths of biomedical and commercial significance are Schistosoma mansoni (blood fluke) and Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke). These related trematodes are responsible for the chronic neglected tropical diseases schistosomiasis and fascioliasis, respectively. As no vaccine is currently available for anti-flukicidal immunoprophylaxis, current treatment is mediated by mono-che...

We welcome the short report of Suntornsut and others, which reminds us of melioidosis, an emerging and potentially fatal infection in Southeast Asia and other regions. Burkholderia pseudomallei might provoke a large variety of symptoms and mimic tuberculosis (TB). Misdiagnosis may delay initiation of adequate treatment and increase the risk for a severe outcome. Among 118 enrolled patients with...

Livestock infection by the parasitic fluke Fasciola hepatica causes major economic losses worldwide. The excretory-secretory (ES) products produced by F. hepatica are key players in understanding the host-parasite interaction and offer targets for chemoand immunotherapy. For the first time, subproteomics has been used to compare ES products produced by adult F. hepatica in vivo, within ovine ho...

Veterinary RecordVolume 188, Issue 11 p. 418-422 SurveillanceFree Access Disease surveillance in England and Wales, May 2021 First published: 04 June https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.610Citations: 1AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text full-text accessPlease review our Terms Conditions of Use check box below share...

To the Editor: Human fascioliasis, infection with Fasciola spp. flukes, is highly pathogenic in both acute and chronic phases and can result in death (1). This disease has been recently emerging, in part linked to climate and global changes (2). Human Fasciola infection has been reported in 5 continents and is related to the disease’s wide spread in livestock. Guilan Province in northern Iran i...

Antiparasitics for the treatment of companion animals and livestock is one largest global market segments in animal health industry.Parasitic infections caused by endo- ectoparasites – latter also transmitting vector-borne diseases are among most significant worldwide, both humans.Most antiparasitic active pharmaceutical ingredients were developed more than 20 years ago. Isoxazolines, which fir...

Control strategies against fasciolosis have been generally directed towards the adult form of parasite, even though its definitive location in host bile ducts represents a niche that seems to be poorly accessible immunity.Despite importance during course infection, research studies aimed at unraveling host–parasite crosstalk early stages are still scarce.We review most recent available data on ...