The Status of Human and Animal Fascioliasis in Iran: A Narrative Review Article.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The public health importance of human fascioliasis has increased during last few decades due to the appearance of new emerging and re-emerging foci in many countries. Iran, as the most important focus of human disease in Asia, has been included among six countries known to have a serious problem with fascioliasis by WHO. Various aspects of the disease in Iran are discussed in this review.

Methods

This narrative review covers all information about human and animal fascioliasis in Iran, which has been published in local and international journals from 1960 to 2014 using various databases including PubMed, SID, Google Scholar, Scopus, Science Direct.

Results

During the period of the study the infection rates of 0.1% to 91.4% was noted in various livestock. Des

SUBMITTER: Ashrafi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4662732 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature