Especially high rates of human infection have been found in bolivia, peru and egypt, and this may be. Introduction cajamarca is a major dairy basin in peru whose productivity has been affected by endemic infection with fasciola hepatica for many years. The study is a recompilation of the reported human cases of fasciola hepatica infection in peru since 1963 to 2005. The validated and accurate fas2elisa test a currently used routine serological test for fasciola infection in peru was used to examine the existence of the circulating f. Fasciola hepatica is found on all inhabited continents, in more than 70 countries, particularly where sheep or cattle are raised. S u p l e m e n t o e x t r a o r d i n a r i o diabetes.
Fasciolosis, a disease of ruminants found worldwide, fasciola is increasingly being found to be an important human pathogen, especially in the altiplano of bolivia and the high plains of peru and ecuador, chile, argentina, cuba, mexico, france and portugal. Fascioliasis, revision clinicoepidemiologica y diagnostico. Strategic control and prevalence of fasciola hepatica in. Pdf background in egypt, liver flukes, fasciola spp. Fasciola hepatica is a trematode parasite that affects mammals, including humans. Medicina y seguridad del trabajo abril junio 2015 med segur trab internet 2015. Fasciola hepatica is found in sheep and cattle and is widely distributed in.
To explore our hypothesis, we assessed the existence of f. It is also hyperendemic in the nile delta of egypt and the north of iran. Human infections have been reported in parts of europe, the middle east, latin america e. In one study conducted in this region, an average prevalence of. Bovine fasciolosis is a parasitic disease of cattle caused by trematodes usually fasciola gigantica and rarely fasciola hepatica in the tropics. Fasciola hepatica is a parasitic trematode of worldwide distribution, which affects cattle and a large number of mammals, including man. Fasciolosis is a parasitic worm infection caused by the common liver fluke fasciola hepatica as. Genetic diversity of fasciola hepatica in spain and peru. In brazil, fascioliasis, a disease caused by the parasite, is of great importance. The trematodes fasciola hepatica also known as the common liver fluke or the sheep liver fluke and fasciola gigantica are large liver flukes f. Pdf identity of fasciola in sheep in egypt researchgate. Pdf on jul 1, 20, hugo solana and others published fasciola hepatica resistente a.
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