Potential transmission of human fascioliasis through traditional local foods, in Northern Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Ashrafi, K ^a   Valero, M A ^b   Forghan Parast, K ^a   Rezaeian, M ^c   Shahtaheri, S J ^c   Hadiani, M R ^d   Bargues, M D ^b   Mas Coma, S ^b  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Disease Control Division   (Iran)

Author keywords

Food borne parasites; Human fascioliasis; Iran; Metacercariae; Trematode infection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; LYMNAEA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

EID: 33745889929     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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