Fasciola hepatica infection in an indigenous community of the peruvian jungle

Miguel M. Cabada; Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez; Martha Lopez; María Alejandra Caravedo; Eulogia Arque; Arthur Clinton White

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0769

Fasciola hepatica infection in an indigenous community of the peruvian jungle

Miguel M. Cabada
, Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez
, Martha Lopez
, María Alejandra Caravedo
, Eulogia Arque
, Arthur Clinton White

Internal Medicine

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Abstract

Fasciola hepatica is a zoonotic infection with a worldwide distribution. Autochthonous cases have not been reported in the Amazon region of Peru. Operculated eggs resembling F. hepatica were identified in the stools of five out of 215 subjects in a remote indigenous community of the Peruvian jungle. Polymerase chain reaction targeting Fasciola hepatica cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene and sequencing of the products confirmed Fasciola infection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1309-1312
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	94
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0769
State	Published - Jun 2016

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Infectious Diseases
Virology

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