Prevalence of Dicrocoelium dendriticum ova in Ghanaian school children

Ofori, Maxwell; Bogoch, Isaac I.; Ephraim, Richard K.D.

doi:10.1093/tropej/fmv015

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“…Abroad, dicrocoeliasis was reported in the Canadian sympatric elk and beef cattle (Beck et al, 2014), in Côte d'Ivoire in the non-human primates (Kouassi et al, 2015), in Ghanaian school children (Ofori et al, 2015), in Indian goats (Godara et al, 2014), in Italian patients and the imported beef cattle (Stancampiano et al, 2007), in Japan D. chinensis was reported in Iwate prefecture (Ohtori et al, 2014), in Malaysian edible animals (Ran et al, 2015), in Switzerland, dicrocoeliasis was the most significant parasite of llamas and alpacas (Hilbe et al, 2015), in Turkish University students (Köksal et al, 2010) and in Turkish patients and garden snails (Köse et al, 2015). Hatam-Nahavandi et al (2015) in Iran stated that in recent years, decreasing annual rainfalls in some countries and population growth forced to a shortage of freshwater resources.…”

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Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Chronic Schistosomiasis Haematobium

Ella

2015

JESP

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Infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in humans is seldom to be reported in Egypt. This liver fluke, which commonly infects ruminants, has a complex life cycle with two intermediate hosts; the land snail and the ant. Human infection occurs by accidental ingestion of the second intermediate host. The present reported a patient suffered from recurrent acute chole-cystitis with chronic urinary schistosomiasis whose Kato stool examination showed Dicroceolium dendriticum eggs. He was successfully treated with Mirazid ®

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Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Chronic Schistosomiasis Haematobium

Ella

2015

JESP

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“…In the case of Ghanaian farmers, wastewater irrigation increases the risk of intestinal helminth infections by factor 3 [36]. Cases of taeniasis have been detected in Ghana including cerebral affections [21,37] same as trematode infections with Fasciola gigantica [38] and Dicrocoelium dendriticum [39]. Even solitary egg findings suggesting infections with small liver flukes like Clonorchis spp.…”

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Intestinal Helminth Infections in Ghanaian Children from the Ashanti Region between 2007 and 2008—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Real-Time PCR-Based Assessment

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In spite of ongoing eradication programs, helminth infections are still a medical issue in Ghana. For follow-up assessments on the decline of regional helminth infections, historic baseline prevalence values obtained with standardized diagnostic procedures can be helpful. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, real-time PCR targeting the nematodes Ancylostoma spp. (ITS2), Ascaris lumbricoides (ITS1), Enterobius vermicularis (ITS1), Necator americanus (ITS2), Strongyloides stercoralis (18S rRNA) and Trichuris trichiura (18S rRNA), the trematodes Schistosoma spp. (ITS2) as well as the cestodes Hymenolepis nana (ITS1), Taenia saginata (ITS1) and Taenia solium (ITS1) was applied with 2046 DNA eluates from stool samples of Ghanaian children from the Ashanti region collected between 2007 and 2008 in order to retrospectively define prevalence values. The overall prevalence was low with 3.8% (n = 77) and only 0.1% (n = 2) double infections with helminths were recorded. The three most frequently detected enteric helminth species comprised 2% S. stercoralis (n = 41), 0.8% H. nana (n = 16), and 0.7% N. americanus (n = 14), while only sporadic infection events were recorded for other helminth species comprising 0.1% E. vermicularis (n = 2), 0.1% Schistosoma spp. (n = 2), 0.1% T. saginata (n = 1) and 0.1% T. trichiura (n = 1). A. lumbricoides, Ancylostoma spp. and T. solium were not detected at all. In conclusion, the retrospective assessment suggests a low prevalence of enteric helminth infections in Ghanaian children from the Ashanti Region within the assessment period between 2007 and 2008.

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“…Although it has been identified in America, Asia, North Africa, and Europe, dicrocoeliasis is a little-known parasitic disease [4]. D. dendriticum lives in the adult stage, in the bile ducts, canaliculus, and gallbladder of its hosts (cow, sheep, goat, and pig) [5][6][7]. Humans can become accidentally infected by swallowing ants on vegetation or on various fruits.…”

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First isolation of Dicrocoelium dendriticum among cattle in some Northern Algerian slaughterhouses

Chougar

Aissi

2019

Vet World

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Background and Aim: Dicrocoelium dendriticum or small liver fluke often causes unnoticed clinical manifestations in cattle. For a live animal, its diagnosis is mainly based on the detection of eggs by coproscopic examination. The objective of this study was to determine the presence or absence of Dicrocoelium spp. never previously reported in the study area but also to establish its prevalence, as well as an association between dicrocoeliasis and sex, age and season of the year, and histological characteristics. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out in slaughterhouses of three districts (Bouira, Tizi-Ouzou, and Bejaia) from January 2017 to December 2017. To this end, of 4053 cattle, representing more than 10% of the total number of animals slaughtered, stool and bile samples were collected and a liver inspection was carried out to investigate lesions of distomial cholangitis. They were processed for histological analysis. The specimens were morphologically identified according to the orientation of the testicles, the length and width of the body, and the level of the maximum width of the body. Results: The total prevalence of dicrocoeliasis obtained of the 4053 cattle inspected is 0.52% with a prevalence of 0.66% in Tizi-Ouzou, 0.54% in Bouira, and 0.27% in Bejaia. About 0.52% of livers had distomial cholangitis (21 of the 4053 livers examined had adult D. dendriticum and 15% had non-distomial cholangitis. About 0.25% of cattle had D. dendriticum eggs in the stool versus 0.52% of cattle had parasite eggs in the bile. Statistical analysis revealed no significant association between dicrocoeliasis infection and the season of the year (p>0.05). However, a significant association was found between dicrocoeliasis infection and sex and age of the animal (p<0.05); females and older animals are more likely to have dicrocoeliasis. Histological analysis of the fluke revealed an anterior positioning of the testicles with a slightly oblique tandem orientation, an average body length of 3.69 mm and an average body width of 1 mm. The maximum body width level is either in the middle of the fluke body or in the rear position. Conclusion: The histological study confirms that the collected fluke is D. dendriticum. Thus, this work reveals for the 1st time in Algeria the presence of D. dendriticum in three districts (Bouira, Tizi-Ouzou, and Bejaia). The results indicate that many cattle farms in the North Central Province of Algeria are infested with D. dendriticum.

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Prevalence of Dicrocoelium dendriticum ova in Ghanaian school children

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Chronic Schistosomiasis Haematobium

Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Chronic Schistosomiasis Haematobium

Intestinal Helminth Infections in Ghanaian Children from the Ashanti Region between 2007 and 2008—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Real-Time PCR-Based Assessment

First isolation of Dicrocoelium dendriticum among cattle in some Northern Algerian slaughterhouses

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