<i>Fasciola hepatica</i>in a New Zealander Traveler

Kang, Mei Ling; Teo, C. J.; Wansaicheong, Gervais; Giron, Danilo Medina; Wilder‐Smith, Annelies

doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00207.x

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“…Se logra observar áreas en el hígado con ecogenicidad aumentada, nódulos múltiples o lesiones irregulares, o una masa quística compleja semejando cáncer o metástasis (33) . Dada la baja capacidad diagnóstica de fasciolosis que tiene este método, podría involucrar gastos innecesarios en pruebas diagnósticas por imágenes, especialmente si el caso se presenta en zonas no endémicas (34) .…”

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Fasciolosis humana y animal en el Perú: impacto en la economía de las zonas endémicas

Espinoza¹,

Terashima²,

Herrera-Velit³

et al. 2010

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

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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 in the Sierra and the Coast but sporadic in the Amazonia, and reported in 18 Departments, while the animal infection in 21 of 24 Departments of Peru. Transmission occurs in Andean rural populations engaged in agriculture, but recently an increasing number of people became infected in the cities. The epidemiological situation in Peru includes i) Departments with non-autochtonous cases, where infection occurs by consumption of contaminated vegetables brought from endemic areas or infection is acquired by visit to endemic areas; ii) Departments with hypoendemic and mesoendemic villages, where transmission occurs by ingest of contaminated vegetables and prevalence ≤10%; and iii) Departments with hyper-endemic villages with human prevalence >10 %, with an intense transmission by consumption of contaminated vegetables. The disease affects bovine, sheep, goat, swine, equine, South American camelids, rabbits and guinea pigs. The negative impact of fasciolosis in the livestock economy is not lesser than US$ 50 million per year, estimation based on the prevalence and the number of condemned livers in the abattoirs. It is difficult to estimate the economic impact of this infection in the human health due to its status of neglected disease, but fasciolosis is hyper-endemic in the poorest Andean areas of Peru where the situation has to be recognized as a public health emergency.

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Fasciolosis humana y animal en el Perú: impacto en la economía de las zonas endémicas

Espinoza¹,

Terashima²,

Herrera-Velit³

et al. 2010

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

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“…And finally, along with other food-borne trematodiases, there is risk for spread to other countries due to increasing travel and consumption of exotic foods. [18] Though most of the infections are asymptomatic or with minimal symptoms, there are few case reports from India in recent past with major morbidity like small bowel stricture, intestinal perforation, acute kidney injury and death. [10,11,19,20] As per anganwadi worker, one of the 11-year-old female who used to pass many worms in her diarrhoeal stool was diagnosed as a case of intestinal tuberculosis on the basis of ultrasound findings of distended bowel loops, fluid collection between gut and pelvis with ascites.…”

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Fasciolopsiasis: Endemic focus of a neglected parasitic disease in Bihar

Achra

Prakash

Shankar

2015

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

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“…HF is a re-emerging disease and common in some provinces of Turkey 29 ( Table 1 ). There are many published reports of human FH infections coming from these regions ( Table 2 ), and also there are some case reports related to European travellers.…”

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Multiple liver masses in a patient with breast cancer, metastasis or not? An unexpected diagnosis: hepatic fascioliasis. A case report and overview of the literature from Turkey

Damar

Emek²,

Uçar

et al. 2016

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A patient who underwent mastectomy of the left breast owing to breast cancer was referred to our department for abdominal ultrasonography during her routine check-up. Radiological examinations demonstrated multiple masses that tended to form clusters in the liver parenchyma, and the lesions were initially thought to represent metastases from the breast cancer. Multisite biopsies and serological tests confirmed the diagnosis of Fasciola hepatica infestation. To our knowledge, this is a unique case report of a patient with a known malignant neoplasm. We also present an overview of the literature about human fascioliasis in Turkey.

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Fasciola hepaticain a New Zealander Traveler

Cited by 17 publications

References 11 publications

Fasciolosis humana y animal en el Perú: impacto en la economía de las zonas endémicas

Fasciolosis humana y animal en el Perú: impacto en la economía de las zonas endémicas

Fasciolopsiasis: Endemic focus of a neglected parasitic disease in Bihar

Multiple liver masses in a patient with breast cancer, metastasis or not? An unexpected diagnosis: hepatic fascioliasis. A case report and overview of the literature from Turkey

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