Human fascioliasis in South Africa

S Afr Med J. 2013 Jul 29;103(9):658-9. doi: 10.7196/samj.7184.

Abstract

Human fascioliasis has the widest latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal distribution of any vector-borne disease, yet only 3 cases have been reported from South Africa, the last in 1964. We report 2 cases from the same geographic area associated with local consumption of watercress, suggesting an endemic focus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / administration & dosage
  • Benzimidazoles / administration & dosage*
  • Endomyocardial Fibrosis* / etiology
  • Endomyocardial Fibrosis* / physiopathology
  • Eosinophilia / etiology*
  • Fasciola* / drug effects
  • Fasciola* / isolation & purification
  • Fascioliasis* / blood
  • Fascioliasis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fascioliasis* / drug therapy
  • Fascioliasis* / parasitology
  • Fascioliasis* / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Hepatomegaly* / diagnostic imaging
  • Hepatomegaly* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triclabendazole

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Triclabendazole