Fascioliasis
Common Name(s)
Fascioliasis
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Scientific Literature
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The terms "Fascioliasis" returned 80 free, full-text research articles on human participants.
First 3 results:
Journal: Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2014 ;38(3):197-200.
Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease that can affect many organs and systems and leads to very different clinical circumstances. Brucellosis is rare in association with various infectious agents. Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Fasciola hepatica, popularly referred ...
Journal: J. Clin. Microbiol.. 2014 Mar;52(3):766-72.
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 ...
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The Atlixco municipality, Puebla State, at a mean altitude of 1840 m, was selected for a study of Fasciola hepatica infection in schoolchildren in Mexico. This area presents permanent water collections continuously receiving thaw water from Popocatepetl volcano (5426 m altitude) through ...
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The terms "Fascioliasis" returned 6 free, full-text review articles on human participants.
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Journal: Ger Med Sci. 2012 ;10():Doc10.
Biliary parasitosis is one of the important causes of biliary obstruction in endemic areas, however due to migration and travel the disease is known to occur in non endemic zones as well. The spectrum of biliary fascioliasis ranges from recurrent biliary colics to acute cholangitis. ...
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In Argentina, human fascioliasis has never been adequately analysed, although having a physiography, climate, animal prevalences and lymnaeids similar to those of countries where the disease is endemic such as Bolivia, Peru and Chile. We performed a literature search identifying 58 ...
Journal: Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. ;27(4):604-12.
Fasciola hepatica is the causative agent of fasciolosis in Peru; the disease is an important public health problem by the high prevalence of the human infection affecting mainly children and a major veterinary problem by the high rates of infected livestock. The human disease is endemic ...
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Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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