Epidemiology of human fascioliasis: A review and proposed new classification

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 340-346

  Mas Coma, M S ^a   Esteban, J G ^a   Bargues, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SNAIL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLES; WATER; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0032979026     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (80)

1. Malek EA. Snail-transmitted parasitic disease Vols 1 and 2. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1980: 1-334 and 1-324.
2. Boray JC. Fascioliasis. In: Hillyer GV, Hopla CE, eds. Handbook series in zoonoses, section C. Parasiticzoonoses, vol. 3. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1982: 71-88.
3. Chen MG, Mott KE. Progress in assessment of morbidity due to Fasciola hepatica infection: a review of recent literature. Tropical diseases bulletin, 1990, 87: R1-R38.
4. Esteban JG, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S. Geographical distribution, diagnosis and treatment of human fascioliasis: a review. Research and reviews in parasitology, 1998, 58: 13-48.
5. Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD, Esteban JG. Human fasciolosis. In: Dalton JP, ed. Fasciolosis. St. Albans, Herts, England, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux (in press).
6. Rim HJ et al. Food-borne trematodes: ignored or emerging? Parasitology today, 1994, 10: 207-209.
7. Hopkins DR. Homing in on helminths. American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1992, 46: 626-634.
8. Control of foodborne trematode infections. Report of a WHO Expert Committee. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1995 (WHO Technical Report Series, No. 849).
9. Hillyer GV, Apt W. Food-borne trematode infections in the Americas. Parasitology today, 1997, 13: 87-88.
10. Mas-Coma S et al. Hepatic trematodiases. In: Meyers WM, ed. Atlas of infectious diseases. Washington, DC, U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (in press).
11. Mas-Coma S et al. [Fascioliasis, a new addition to the list of tropical diseases]. Paper presented at: I Congreso de Ia Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional, Chinchón, Spain, 22-24 January 1998 (in Spanish).
12. Bourée P, Thiebault M. [Fascioliasis caused by Fasciola hepatica in Lower Normandy from 1980 to 1990]. Bulletin de la Société Française de Parasitologie, 1993, 11: 79-84 (in French).
13. Cadel S et al. [Eighteen cases of human fascioliasis in Basse-Normandie, 1994-1995]. Bulletin de la Société Française de Parasitologie, 1996, 14: 39-43 (in French).
14. Gil-Benito A et al. [Study of distomiasis caused by Fasciola hepatica in Corsica]. Méditerranée médicale (Marseille), 1991, 403: 21-25 (in French).
15. Gil-Benito A. [Human fascioliasis on the island of Corsica]. PhD thesis, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 1994: 1-326 (in Spanish).
16. Apt W et al. [Prevalence of fascioliasis in humans, horses, pigs and wild rabbits in three provinces of Chile]. Boletín de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana, 1993, 115: 405-414 (in Spanish).
17. Sampaio Silva ML. Summary of a report on F. hepatica infection in northern Portugal. In: Chen MG, Mott KE. Progress in assessment of morbidity due to Fasciola hepatica infection: a review of recent literature. Tropical diseases bulletin, 1990, 87: R38.
18. Farag HF et al. A focus of human fascioliasis in the Nile Delta, Egypt. Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1979, 82: 188-190.
19. Knobloch J et al. Human fascioliasis in Cajamarca/Peru. I. Diagnostic methods and treatment with praziquantel. Tropical medicine and parasitology, 1985, 36: 88-90.
20. Bendezú P, Frame A, Hillyer GV. Human fascioliasis in Corozal, Puerto Rico. Journal of parasitology, 1982, 68: 297-299.
21. Sánchez C, Aparicio W, Hurtado C. [Distomiasis of the liver in the human population of the Asilo-Azangaro-Puno river system]. Libro de resúmes del XI Congreso Latinoamericano de Parasitología y I Congreso Peruano de Parasitología, Lima, Perú, 1993: 50 (in Spanish).
22. Stork MG et al. An investigation of endemic fasciolasis in Peruvian village children. Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1973, 76: 231-235.
23. Hillyer GV et al. Use of the Falcon assay screening test-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (FAST-ELISA) and the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) to determine the prevalence of human fascioliasis in the Bolivian Altiplano. American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1992, 46: 603-609.
24. Esteban JG et al. Presence of very high prevalence and intensity of infection with Fasciola hepatica among Aymara children from the Northern Bolivian Altiplano. Acta tropica, 1997, 66: 1-14.
25. Esteban JG et al. A population-based coprological study of human fascioliasis in a hyperendemic area of the Bolivian Altiplano. Tropical medicine and international health, 1997, 2: 695-699.
26. Anglés R et al. Human fascioliasis in Bolivia: coprological surveys in different provinces of the Department of La Paz. Research and reviews in parasitology, 1997, 57: 33-37.
27. Bjorland J et al. An outbreak of acute fascioliasis among Aymara Indians in the Bolivian Altiplano. Clinical infectious diseases, 1995, 21: 1228-1233.
28. Strauss W et al. Human fascioliasis in Bolivia: serological surveys in Los Andes province of the Department of La Paz. Research and reviews in parasitology, 1997, 57(2): 109-113.
29. O'Neill S et al. Immunodiagnosis of Fasciola hepatica nfection (fasciolcsis) in a human population in the Bolivian Altiplano using purified cathepsin L cysteine proteinase. American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1998, 58: 417-423.
30. Mas-Coma S et al. Human fascioliasis in Bolivia: a general analysis and a critical review of existing data. Research and reviews in parasitology, 1995, 55: 73-93.
31. Akahane H et al. [Diagnosis of fascioliasis. I. Comparison of the efficacies of various concentration technics of ova in stool]. Japanese journal of parasitology, 1975, 24: 55-60 (in Japanese)
32. Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD. Human iiver flukes: a review. Research and reviews in parasitology, 1997, 57:144-225.
33. El-Khoby T. Fascioliasis: an emerging problem in Egypt and the region. In: Abstracts of the International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-20 October 1997, S73: 40.
34. Farag H. Human fascioliasis. The Egyptian experience. In: Abstracts of the International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Alexandria, Egypt, 17-20 October 1997. S74: 40.
35. Terasaki K, Akahane H, Habe S. The geographical distribution of common liver flukes (the genus Fasciola) with normal and abnormal spermatogenesis. Japanese journal of veterinary science, 1982, 44: 223-231.
36. Agatsuma T et al. Genetic variation in the triploids of Japanese Fasciola species, and relationships with other species in the genus. Journal of helminthology, 1994, 68: 181-186.
37. Pascual J et al. [Electrophoresis of natural populations of Fasciola hepatica parasites of Rattus rattus in Corsica]. Vie et milieu, 1990, 40: 263 (in French).
38. Blair D. Molecular variation in fasciolids and Paragonimus. Acta tropica, 1993, 53: 277-289.
39. Adlard RD et al. Comparison of the second internal transcribed spacer (ribosomal DNA) from populations and species of Fasciolidae (Digenea). International journal for parasitology, 1993, 23: 423-425.
40. Hashimoto K et al. Mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA indicate that the Japanese Fasciola species is F. gigantica. Parasitology research, 1997, 83: 220-225.
41. Mas-Coma S et al. Secondary reservoir role of domestic animals other than sheep and cattle in fascioliasis transmission in the Northern Bolivian Altiplano. Research and reviews in parasitology, 1997, 57: 39-46.
42. Mas-Coma S et al. [Consequencies of phenomena ascr bed to insularism in parasitic diseases. The liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) and Muridae in Corsica]. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles, 1987, 110: 57-62 (in French).
43. Mas-Coma S et al. Small mammals as natural definitive hosts of the liver fluke. Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 (Trematoda: Fasciolidce): a review and two new records of epidemiologic interest on the island of Corsica. Rivista di parassitologia, 1988, 5: 73-78.
44. Valero MA et al. Rattus rattus, (Rodentia, Muridae) reservoir of fascioliasis in Corsica: comparative study of natural populations of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trematoda: Fasciolidae) adults in black rats and cattle. Vie et milieu, 1996, 46: 379-380 (in French).
45. Valero MA et al. Fasciola hepatica development in experimentally infected black rat, Rattus rattus. Parasitology research, 1998, 84: 188-194.
46. Mas-Coma S et al. The black rat as normal definitive host of Fasciola hepatica on Corsica island. Bulletin de la Société Française de Parasitologie, 1990, 8: 736.
47. Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S. Phylogenetic analysis of lymnaeid snails based on 18S rDNA sequences. Molecular biology and evolution, 1997, 14: 569-577.
48. Bargues MD et al. SSU rDNA characterization of lymnaeid snails transmitting human fascioliasis in South and Central America. Journal of parasitology, 1997, 83: 1086-1092.
49. Remigio EA, Blair D. Molecular systematics of the freshwater snail family Lymnaeidae (Pulmonata: Basommatophora) utilising mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Journal of molluscan studies, 1997, 63: 173-185.
50. Remigio EA, Blair D. Relationships among problematic North American stagnicoline snails (Pulmonate: Lymnaeidae) reinvestigated using nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences. Canadian journal of zoology, 1997, 75: 1540-1545.
51. Bargues MD, Muñoz-Antoli C, Mas-Coma S. [E10-/V2, a novel molecular marker in the 18S rRNA gene of lymnaeids and its use in studies of the transmission of fascioliasis]. Paper presented at: I Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional, Chinchón, Spain, 22-24 January 1998 (in Spanish).
52. Jabbour-Zahab R et al. Phylogeography and genetic divergence of some lymnaeid snails, intermediate hosts of human and animal fascioliasis, with special reference to lymnaeids from the Bolivian Altiplano. Acta tropica, 1997, 64: 191-203.
53. Shubkin CD et al. A nucleid acid-based test for detection of Fasciola hepatica. Journal of parasitology, 1992, 78: 817-821.
54. Heussler V et al. DNA probes for the detection of Fasciola hepatica in snails. Molecular and cellular probes, 1993, 7: 261-267.
55. Rognlie MC, Dimke KL, Knapp SE. Detection of Fasciola hepatica in infected intermediate hosts using RT-PCR. Journal of parasitology, 1994, 80: 748-755.
56. Kaplan RM et al. A repetitive DNA probe for the sensitive detection of Fasciola hepatica infected snails. International journal for parasitology, 1995, 25: 601-610.
57. Kaplan RM et al. The prevalence of Fasciola hepatica in its snail intermediate host determined by DNA probe assay. International journal for parasitology, 1997, 27: 1585-1593.
58. Farag HF, El Sayad MH. Biomphalaria alexandrina naturally infected with Fasciola gigantica in Egypt. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1995, 89: 36.
59. Bargues MD et al. The human host, a viable definitive host for Fasciola hepatica in the Northern Bolivian Altiplano. Parassitologia, 1996, 38: 252.
60. Oviedo JA, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S. The intermediate snail host of Fasciola hepatica on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Research and reviews in parasitology, 1996, 56: 217-220.
61. Oviedo JA et al. Distribution and ecology of Lymnaea truncatula (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Basommatophora: Lymnaeidae), intermediate host of fasciolosis, in the island of Corsica (France). In:Abstracts of the VIth European Multicolloquium of Parasitology (EMOP VI), The Hague, the Netherlands. 1992: 218.
62. Dominici JL et al. [Hepatobiliary distomiasis caused by Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda) in Corsica: altitudinal distribution of the intermediate host, Lymnaea truncatula]. Vie et milieu, 1996, 46: 379 (in French).
63. Bargues MD et al. [Effets of insularity on wild and domestic mammals and its repercussions on the epidemiology of fascioliasis in Corsica]. Paper presented at: XIIIème Colloque International de Mammalogie sur "Les Mammifères dans le Bassin Méditerranéen Continental et Insulaire", Banyuls-sur-Mer, France, 13-15 October 1989 (in French).
64. Gil-Benito A et al. [Focuses of transmission of Fasciola hepatica in Corsica: different types and their relationship with human fascioliasis over the period 1984-1990]. In: Mas-Coma S et al., eds. Parasitología en el Sur-Oeste de Europa. Aguilar S.L., Valencia, 1991: 314 (in Spanish).
65. Mas-Coma S. [Human fascioliasis in Latin America]. In: Martínez Fernández AR. Parasitismos y desarrollo. Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Real Academia de Farmacia, Madrid, 1996: 31-86 (in Spanish).
66. Bargues MD et al. Natural water, an additional source for human infection by Fasciola hepatica in the Northern Bolivian Altiplano. Parassitologia, 1996, 38: 251.
67. Taira N, Yoshifuji H, Boray JC. Zoonotic potential of infection with Fasciola spp. by consumption of freshly prepared raw liver containing immature flukes. International journal for parasitology, 1997, 27: 775-779.
68. Ahrens HP, Berning H. [Parasitic infection of the liver and of the bile duct caused by the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica]. Münchener medizinische Wochenschrift, 1968, 110: 2811-2813 (in German).
69. Hodler J, Meier P. [Liver disease caused by Fasciola hepatica. sonography and CT]. Fortschritte auf den Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen und der neuen bildgebenden Verfahren, 1989, 151: 740-741 (in German).
70. Suter F et al. [A case of autochthonous hepatic distomiasis in the Province of Piacenza]. Rivista diparassitologia, 1979, 40: 159-165 (in Italian).
71. Rondelaud D, Amat-Frut E, Pestre-Alexandre M. [Human distomiasis caused by Fasciola hepatica. Epidemiological study of 121 cases over a period of 25 years]. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 1982, 75: 291-300 (in French).
72. Facey RV, Marsden PD. Fascioliasis in man: an outbreak in Hampshire. British medical journal, 1960, 2: 619-625.
73. Hardman EW, Jones RLH, Davies AH. Fascioliasis - a large outbreak. British medical journal, 1970, 3: 502-505.
74. Kobulej T. [Epidemiology and forecasting of fascioliasis in Hungary]. Parasitologia hungarica, 1981/82, 14: 17-34 (in Hungarian).
75. Subercaseaux B etal. [Epidemic of hepatic human fascioliasis in Valparaíso]. Parasitología al día, 1985, 9: 10-14 (in Spanish).
76. Gonzalez JF et al. [Epidemic of human fasciolasis, Cuba 1983. II. Epidemiological study]. GEN, Revista de la Sociedad Venezolana de Gastroenterología, 1987, 41: 53-57 (in Spanish).
77. Alcoba M et al. [Distomiasis caused by Fasciola hepatica. Study of an epidemic outbreak]. Revista española de las enfermedades del aparato digestivo, 1988, 74: 509-514 (in Spanish).
78. Borie C et al. [Outbreak of acute familial hepatic fascioliasis]. Revista médica de Chile, 1990, 118: 67-72 (in Spanish).
79. Massoud J. Fascioliasis outbreak of man and drug test (triclabendazole) in Caspian littoral, northern part of Iran, 1989. Bulletin de la Société Française de Parasitologie, 1990, 8: 438.
80. Triclabendazole and fascioliasis - a new drug to combat an age-old disease. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1998 (WHO Fact Sheet No. 191).