Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2022)

Fasciolopsis buski Detected in Humans in Bihar and Pigs in Assam, India

  • Dipshikha Saikia,
  • Yugal K. Prasad,
  • Suman Dahal,
  • Sudeep Ghatani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2806.220171
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 6
pp. 1265 – 1268

Abstract

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The foodborne intestinal trematode Fasciolopsis buski causes the neglected zoonotic disease fasciolopsiasis. We detected F. buski infection in 14 pediatric patients in Sitamarhi, Bihar, and in pigs in Sivasagar, Assam, India. Proper diagnostic methods and surveillance are urgently needed to accurately estimate the true burden of this disease in India.

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