Author/Authors :
HEYDARIAN, Peyman Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Medicine - Qazvin University of Medical Sciences - Qazvin, Iran , ASHRAFI, Keyhan Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Medicine - Guilan University of Medical Sciences - Rasht, Iran , RAHIMI ESBOEI, Bahman Department of Parasitology and Mycology - School of Medicine - Tonekabon Branch - Islamic Azad University - Tonekabon, Iran , MOHE-BALI, Mehdi Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Beigom KIA, Eshrat Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , ARYAEIPOUR, Mojgan Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , BOZORGOMID, Arezoo Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences - Kermanshah, Iran , CHEGENI SHARAFI, Ali Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention - Deputy of Health - Lorestan University of Medical Sciences - Khorramabad, Iran , MOKHAYERI, Hamid Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention - Deputy of Health - Lorestan University of Medical Sciences - Khorramabad, Iran , ROKNI, Mohammad Bagher Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Fasciola spp. We report five serologically and molecularly confirmed cases in an emerging region in Iran. A retrospective, case series study, performed in Lorestan Province, west of Iran between January 2015 and June 2016. From 1256 patients examined, 16 patients had positive serum ELISA. Five cases were approved as infected with fasciolosis using stool exam and PCR. Age ranged from 24 to 80 yr with mean age of 45 years. All of patients were adults and four of them had abdominal and back pain. Other symptoms included fever and chills, coughing and sore throat, weight loss, cutaneous manifestations. All patients lived in the rural environment, and four reported the ingestion of raw aquatic plants such as watercress. In fecal examination for fluke eggs, four samples were positive for F. hepatica eggs. Conventional PCR analysis showed that five human stools were positive for F. hepati-ca. All of 5 patients were treated with the usual dose of triclabendazole. A history of recent consumption of raw aquat-ic plants (in 4 out of 5 patients) is an important finding, but in one patient the source of infection remained unclear. Lorestan should be considered as an emerging region for this disease and further research in this province should be carried out.
Keywords :
Fasciola hepatica , Parasites , Case report , Iran
