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Seroprevalence of Human Fascioliasis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Southwestern Iran

BACKGROUND: Fascioliasis caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica is a foodborne and waterborne zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution. The illness occurs in regions with intensive sheep or cattle production. In some parts of Iran the incidence of human infection has increased over the p...

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Autores principales: MANOUCHEHRI NAEINI, Kouroush, MOHAMMAD NASIRI, Farnaz, ROKNI, Mohammad Bagher, KHEIRI, Soleiman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5026833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648421
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author MANOUCHEHRI NAEINI, Kouroush
MOHAMMAD NASIRI, Farnaz
ROKNI, Mohammad Bagher
KHEIRI, Soleiman
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description BACKGROUND: Fascioliasis caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica is a foodborne and waterborne zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution. The illness occurs in regions with intensive sheep or cattle production. In some parts of Iran the incidence of human infection has increased over the past decades. Since Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province has been known as a main pole of traditional animal husbandry and there was no information about human fascioliasis in this region, the present study was carried out on human population to determine the seroprevalence of this infection. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study 1475 serum samples collected from individuals attended to clinical laboratory of the province were subjected to ELISA to detect anti-F. hepatica IgG antibodies. The socio-demographic characteristics of the subjects were also collected through questionnaires. RESULTS: In spite of expectation, the present study showed that out of the 1475 serum samples examined anti-F. hepatica IgG antibodies were found only in two of the subjects (0.135%). Therefore, because of the very few number of positive cases no statistical analysis was applicable. CONCLUSION: According to the finding of this investigation, human fascioliasis may not be an important health problem in this region of Iran. However, for a better understanding of situation of this parasitic infection in this area more comprehensive animal and human studies are needed.
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spelling pubmed-50268332016-09-19 Seroprevalence of Human Fascioliasis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Southwestern Iran MANOUCHEHRI NAEINI, Kouroush MOHAMMAD NASIRI, Farnaz ROKNI, Mohammad Bagher KHEIRI, Soleiman Iran J Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: Fascioliasis caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica is a foodborne and waterborne zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution. The illness occurs in regions with intensive sheep or cattle production. In some parts of Iran the incidence of human infection has increased over the past decades. Since Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province has been known as a main pole of traditional animal husbandry and there was no information about human fascioliasis in this region, the present study was carried out on human population to determine the seroprevalence of this infection. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study 1475 serum samples collected from individuals attended to clinical laboratory of the province were subjected to ELISA to detect anti-F. hepatica IgG antibodies. The socio-demographic characteristics of the subjects were also collected through questionnaires. RESULTS: In spite of expectation, the present study showed that out of the 1475 serum samples examined anti-F. hepatica IgG antibodies were found only in two of the subjects (0.135%). Therefore, because of the very few number of positive cases no statistical analysis was applicable. CONCLUSION: According to the finding of this investigation, human fascioliasis may not be an important health problem in this region of Iran. However, for a better understanding of situation of this parasitic infection in this area more comprehensive animal and human studies are needed. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5026833/ /pubmed/27648421 Text en Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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MANOUCHEHRI NAEINI, Kouroush
MOHAMMAD NASIRI, Farnaz
ROKNI, Mohammad Bagher
KHEIRI, Soleiman
Seroprevalence of Human Fascioliasis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Southwestern Iran
title Seroprevalence of Human Fascioliasis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Southwestern Iran
title_full Seroprevalence of Human Fascioliasis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Southwestern Iran
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of Human Fascioliasis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Southwestern Iran
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of Human Fascioliasis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Southwestern Iran
title_short Seroprevalence of Human Fascioliasis in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Southwestern Iran
title_sort seroprevalence of human fascioliasis in chaharmahal and bakhtiyari province, southwestern iran
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5026833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648421
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