Molecular Evidence of Human Fasciolosis Due to Fasciola gigantica in Iran: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT: Fascioliasis is a foodborne zoonotic disease caused by the two parasite species Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica. In spite of the presence of both species of Fasciola in the livestock, to our knowledge, to date, no cases of human F. gigantica infection have been reported in Iran officially. Here, we report such a case in a 25 yr old woman referred to The Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran in 2016. CT imaging and MRCP revealed an ill-defined lesion of segments of liver. Specific ELISA produced a positive result besides detecting egg of the parasite via stool exam. The identification of parasite species was performed by the DNA extracted from the eggs and sequencing ITS-1,

SUBMITTER: Rokni MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6005974 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature