High endemicity of human fascioliasis between Lake Titicaca and La Paz valley, Bolivia

Over a 6-year period, an epidemiological study of human infection by Fasciola hepatica in the Northern Bolivian Altiplano was carried out. Prevalences and intensities were analysed from coprological results obtained in 31 surveys performed in 24 localities and proved to be the highest known so far....

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1999-03, Vol.93 (2), p.151-156
Main Authors: Esteban, José-Guillermo, Flores, Angela, Angles, René, Mas-Coma, Santiago
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Bolivia
Bolivia - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
coprological surveys
Diseases caused by trematodes
Distomatoses
epidemiology
Fasciola hepatica
Fasciola hepatica - isolation & purification
fascioliasis
Fascioliasis - epidemiology
Feces - parasitology
Female
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Northern Altiplano endemic zone
Parasite Egg Count
Parasitic diseases
Prevalence
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Over a 6-year period, an epidemiological study of human infection by Fasciola hepatica in the Northern Bolivian Altiplano was carried out. Prevalences and intensities were analysed from coprological results obtained in 31 surveys performed in 24 localities and proved to be the highest known so far. The global prevalence was 15·4%, with local prevalences ranging from 0% to 68·2%. Significant differences between prevalence rates were detected and the highest prevalences were in subjects aged
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90289-4