TY - JOUR
T1 - Fasciola hepatica infection in an indigenous community of the peruvian jungle
AU - Cabada, Miguel M.
AU - Castellanos-Gonzalez, Alejandro
AU - Lopez, Martha
AU - Caravedo, María Alejandra
AU - Arque, Eulogia
AU - White, Arthur Clinton
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2016 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0769
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0769
M3 - Article
C2 - 26976892
AN - SCOPUS:84971524624
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 94
SP - 1309
EP - 1312
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 6
ER -