A Case of Fasciolosis in a 11-Year-Old Syrian Immigrant Boy.


Journal

Journal of tropical pediatrics
ISSN: 1465-3664
Titre abrégé: J Trop Pediatr
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8010948

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 04 2020
Historique:
pubmed: 16 7 2019
medline: 15 9 2020
entrez: 15 7 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Fasciolosis is a chronic parasitic disease caused by two species of liver trematodes, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, which infest ruminants and rarely humans. The disease is spread all over the world, but more common in Asia in areas with extensive livestock farming and can be imported cases in Europe and America. In this case, we describe imported infection with F. hepatica in Bulgaria from 11-year-old Syrian immigrant boy.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31302700
pii: 5532125
doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmz043
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anthelmintics 0
Albendazole F4216019LN

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

226-227

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) [2019]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.

Auteurs

V Velev (V)

University Hospital for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases "Prof. Iv. Kirov", Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

K Vutova (K)

University Hospital for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases "Prof. Iv. Kirov", Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

M Pavlova (M)

National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Blvd "Sakazov" 25, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.

Iliya Mangarov (I)

University Hospital for Children's Diseases, Medical University of Sofia, Blvd. "Geshov" 15, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.

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