Autochthonous Human Fascioliasis, Belgium

Abstract

We report 2 cases of human fascioliasis (HF) in Belgium, likely caused by consumption of vegetables from a garden that was flooded by pasture runoff. Because autochthonous HF is rare and the route of transmission was unusual, HF was not diagnosed until 6 months after symptom onset in both cases.

Keywords

• Human fascioliasis
• triclabendazole
• lymnaeid snails
• dairy cattle
• trematodes
• Belgium