Human fascioliasis in nomads: A population-based serosurvey in southwest Iran.

Human fascioliasis in nomads: A population-based serosurvey in southwest Iran. Infez Med. 2019 Mar 01;27(1):68-72 Authors: Zoghi S, Emami M, Shahriarirad S, Vahedi R, Cheraghi MR, Zamiri B, Arefkhah N, Ghorbani F, Sarkari B Abstract Fascioliasis is a human and veterinary concern in Iran. This cross-sectional population-based study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of human fascioliasis among nomadic people in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province located in the southwest of Iran. Venous blood samples were collected from 933 nomads in the area. A predesigned questionnaire containing basic epidemiological information was filled out for each subject during the sampling. Sera were evaluated for anti-Fasciola antibodies, using excretory-secretory (ES) antigen of Fasciola hepatica in an ELISA system. Of 933 recruited subjects, 726 (77.8%) were females and 206 (22.1%) were males. The mean age of the participants was 43.1 (±16.7) years old. Most of the subjects (24.6%) were in the age group of 21-30 years old. Anti-Fasciola antibodies were detected in 24 (2.6%) out of 933 cases. Of 24 seropositive cases, 3 (12.5%) were male and 21 (87.5%) were female. The differences between the seropositivity and sex, age, level of education and residence area were not statistically significant (p >0.05). Findings of the current study demonstrated that the seroprevalence of fascioliasis in the studied nomadic population was significant, and th...
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infez Med Source Type: research