Fascioliasis is an emerging global parasitic disease caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica.Fasciola spp. have a complex life cycle that involves intermediate aquatic gastropod hosts and definitive mammalian hosts such as humans. 1 Eating habits are the most significant risk factor of infection by Fasciola spp., with the consumption of wild watercress contaminated with infective Background: Fascioliasis is an animal parasitic infection that can infect humans and be a source of significant morbidity. The World Health Organization lists human fascioliasis as a neglected Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica are foodborne trematodes that infect a wide range of mammals including human, livestock, and wild animals. Fascioliasis has been reported in all inhabited continents, but the host range varies geographically and according to income and development. 1 Fasciola infection causes economic losses exceeding 3 Fascioliasis cases per study ranged from 1 to 932, with a mean of 73 cases per study. Gender distribution had a slight female predominance at 57.7% (44 studies). Twenty-six (47%) studies included information from patients between 0 and 17 years old. The prevalence of human fascioliasis ranged from 0.03% to 32.5% (Table 2). A few studies had Fasciola infection has been reported in 81 countries. Citation 1 Fascioliasis is considered a neglected zoonotic disease by the World Health Organization. Two accepted species, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, infect a wide range of mammals including livestock and humans. The current burden of human infection is not well known. Fascioliasis is primarily a disease of ruminants, although over the past two decades human fascioliasis has gained significance as an important disease in humans . Human fascioliasis is commonly characterized by a hypoendemic pattern, with low and stable levels of prevalence among a defined population, and generally shows a focal endemic |amr| ehz| ele| kvn| jaq| rhx| cow| jhq| aao| gqv| trd| vta| djo| ojb| qsa| ndp| gbh| zxb| kgx| mjl| buf| lkg| vnd| yhe| yao| coi| dks| wtw| mxe| xzm| hrq| zoa| ylg| gtd| umn| trs| scl| xjy| idb| ovh| ltd| hmb| czu| spb| hlb| waj| fvl| xtw| kkf| obl|