ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Human fascioliasis: a re-emerging disease in upper Egypt.
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- Human fascioliasis in Africa: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Inverted Patterns of Schistosomiasis and Fascioliasis and Risk Factors Among Humans and Livestock in Northern Tanzania.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Significance of climate change in the emergence of human fascioliasis in Upper Egypt.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2024Article
- Clinical characteristics of human fascioliasis in Egypt.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- New perspectives for fascioliasis in Upper Egypt's new endemic region: Sociodemographic characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of Fasciola in humans, animals, and lymnaeid vectors.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Human fascioliasis presenting as liver abscess: clinical characteristics and management.Hepatology international · 2021Article
- Evaluation of nitazoxanide treatment following triclabendazole failure in an outbreak of human fascioliasis in Upper Egypt.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- X-ray structure of Fasciola hepatica Sigma class glutathione transferase 1 reveals a disulfide bond to support stability in gastro-intestinal environment.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Cross-Sectional Serological Survey of Human Fascioliasis in Canutama Municipality in Western Amazon, Brazil.Journal of parasitology research · 2018Article
- Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Communication Within Host-Parasite Interactions.Frontiers in immunology · 2018Review
- A Comprehensive Review of Common Bacterial, Parasitic and Viral Zoonoses at the Human-Animal Interface in Egypt.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- Immunodiagnosis of Human Fascioliasis: An Update of Concepts and Performances of the Serological Assays.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017Review
- Identity of Fasciola spp. in sheep in Egypt.Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of Tropical Infectious Diseases--A Review of Applications and Perspectives.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016Review
- Fascioliasis: An Ongoing Zoonotic Trematode Infection.BioMed research international · 2015Review
- Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Suspicion of Fascioliasis in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Southwestern Iran.Iranian journal of parasitologyArticle
- A 53-Year-Old Man with Intermittent Colicky Abdominal Pain due toIranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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Abstract
In recent years, the number of humans infected with Fasciola has risen rapidly. Diagnosis is based mainly on detection of eggs in stool analysis. The rate of infection in Egypt is unknown. In this retrospective study, we describe 23 cases of hepatic fascioliasis, and only 2 of these cases showed eggs in stools. The symptoms of infection, such as pyrexia of unknown origin, epigastric pain, and abdominal distension, were suggestive. Imaging techniques, including abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography, were very helpful in detecting hepatic changes. An indirect hemagglutination assay proved to be of value for diagnosis. Treatment using a 2-day triclabendazole regimen cured the infection and signs of hepatic involvement disappeared. Combining both imaging techniques and laboratory tests is essential for diagnosis of fascioliasis in the early stage.
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