Fluke egg characteristics for the diagnosis of human and animal fascioliasis by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-159

  Valero, M Adela ^a   Perez Crespo, Ignacio ^a   Periago, M Victoria ^a   Khoubbane, Messaoud ^a   Mas Coma, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eggs; F. gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Human and animal fascioliasis; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EGG; FECES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTIVITY; MORPHOMETRY; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; EGG SHELL; EGG SIZE; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HOST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PERU; VIET NAM; WORM EGG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; EGGS; EGYPT; EQUIDAE; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; GEORGIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PERU; SHEEP; SWINE; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; ALTIPLANO; ASIA; CAJAMARCA; EGYPT; EURASIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WEST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIDAE;

EID: 67349262528     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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