Zoonotic trematode infections are an area of the neglected tropical diseases that have become of major interest to global and public health due to their associated morbidity. Human fascioliasis is a trematode zoonosis of interest in public health. It affects approximately 50 million people worldwide and over 180 million are at risk of infection both in developed and underdeveloped countries. Th...

This study was conducted in Sylhet district of Bangladesh to investigate the pathological effect of liver fluke in Black Bengal goats of different age groups, sex and in seasons. In this study, livers of male and female goats were collected randomly from slaughter house during a period of 1 (one) year (November, 2007 to October, 2008). A total of 325 Black Bengal goat livers were examined, of w...

BACKGROUND Fascioliasis caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica is a foodborne and waterborne zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution. The illness occurs in regions with intensive sheep or cattle production. In some parts of Iran the incidence of human infection has increased over the past decades. Since Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province has been known as a main pole of traditiona...

<i>Fascioliasis hepatica</i> is a rare parasitic infection affecting the hepatobiliary system. On imaging examination, it presents as multiple hepatic abscesses and bile duct dilatation. Extrahepatic fascioliasis of gastrointestinal tract condition, resulting from duodenal migration fasciola flukes. The current case showed both colonic masses, mimicking colon cancer with metastasis....

Coprological examination based on egg detection in stool samples is currently used as the gold standard for the diagnosis of human fascioliasis. However, this method is not effective during the acute phase of the disease and has poor sensitivity during the chronic phase. Serodiagnosis has become an excellent alternative to coprological examination in efforts to combat the effects of fascioliasi...

Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by a leaf-like worm (fluke) called Fasciola. Herein, we present a case of human hepatic fascioliasis. A 57-year-old man was referred to the hospital for ambiguous gastrointestinal symptoms with suspected hemangioma. Hepatic fascioliasis was diagnosed using abdominal computed tomography and serology. He tested positive for the IgG antibody against Fascio...

Fasciola hepatica, the etiologic agent of fascioliasis in the Caribbean region, occurs throughout the major islands of the Greater Antilles and in foci on two islands (Martinique and Saint Lucia) of the Lesser Antilles. According to a study conducted by the Pan American Health Organization (I), fascioliasis is recognized as causing prodigious losses to the food animal industries of Cuba, the Do...

Out of the 830 examined livers of ram, of different ages and sexes were slaughtered at abattoirs of Cairo, Giza provinces during the period from January 2014 to October 2014, the incidences of Fascioliasis was recorded in 117 (14.1 %). Highly significant decreases in serum cholesterol, High density lipoprotein HDL and Low density Lipoprotein LDL (p<0.01) were recorded in our study in chronic fa...

Aim This study focuses on the risk factors associated with the prevalence of Fasciola affecting cattle population in three provinces belonging to the Nile Delta of Egypt and to estimate the economic losses as a result of fascioliasis. Materials and Methods From January 2015 to end of December 2015, records of 21 farms (4976 cattle) were analyzed to screen the prevalence of fascioliasis among ...