Parasitological and molecular detection of human fascioliasis in a young man from Guizhou, China

MX Chen; RL Zhang; XN Xu; Q Yu; DN Huang; W Liu; SH Chen; P Song; Y Lu; YC Cai; L Ai; JX Chen

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Parasitological and molecular detection of human fascioliasis in a young man from Guizhou, China

Author: Chen, M.X. ^{1
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2} ; Zhang, R.L. ² ; Xu, X.N. ³ ; Yu, Q. ³ ; Huang, D.N. ² ; Liu, W. ³ ; Chen, S.H. ³ ; Song, P. ³ ; Lu, Y. ³ ; Cai, Y.C. ³ ; Ai, L. ³ ; Chen, J.X. ³
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1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Shanghai 200025, PR China&
2. Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
3. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Shanghai 200025, PR China
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Tropical Biomedicine 2020;37(No.1):50-57
CountryMalaysia
Language:English
Abstract: A 24-year-old man born in Guizhou province was diagnosed with obstructive jaundice and bile duct stones in 2013. Four living trematodes were found during laparotomy and cholecystectomy. Based on the morphology and molecular genetics analysis of internal transcribed spacer and pcox1 genes of the flatworm specimens, the trematodes from the patient were confirmed to be Fasciola hepatica. This report provided the clinical and molecular diagnosis information on human fascioliasis, which is an emerging sanitary problem still ignored in China. Human fascioliasis constantly occurs due to climatic changes and frequency of human travel. Therefore, it deserves more attention from physicians working in both developing and developed countries.
Full text:8.2020my1096.pdf