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Prevalence and risk factors of Fascioliasis in China
- Source :
- Acta Tropica. 196:180-188
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Fascioliasis has emerged as a significant public health problem among ruminants and humans. Human fascioliasis is a neglected food-borne parasitic disease, which has emerged or reemerged in more than 60 countries worldwide. In China, the first case of human fascioliasis was reported in 1921 in Fujian Province. The first major outbreak of this parasitic disease in 29 patients occurred in 2012 in Yunnan Province. Nonetheless, the prevalence of fascioliasis in China is probably underestimated due to the poor sensitivity of diagnostic tests, limited epidemiological data, and a poor understanding of the impact of subclinical illness. This study aimed to review the prevalence and risk factors of fascioliasis in China so as to improve the prevention and control of this disease.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
China
Fascioliasis
medicine.medical_specialty
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
030231 tropical medicine
Disease
Disease Outbreaks
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Prevalence
medicine
Animals
Humans
Subclinical infection
business.industry
Public health
Outbreak
030108 mycology & parasitology
medicine.disease
Infectious Diseases
Human fascioliasis
Insect Science
Parasitic disease
Parasitology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0001706X
- Volume :
- 196
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Tropica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7644c45417a667e0d74ba337c9d6ebf2