The Endemicity of Human Fascioliasis in Guilan Province, Northern Iran: the Baseline for Implementation of Control Strategies

The Endemicity of Human Fascioliasis in Guilan Province, Northern Iran: the Baseline for Implementation of Control Strategies

Background: The largest global outbreaks of liver fluke disease (Fascioliasis) in humans, caused by species of the genus Fasciola, have occurred in Guilan Province of Iran, affecting more than 15000 people. Although, different aspects of fascioliasis have been the subject of various researches durin...

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Main Authors: Keyhan Ashrafi, Farshid Saadat, Sandra O'Neill, Behnaz Rahmati, Hadid Amin Tahmasbi, John Pius Dalton, Abolhassan Nadim, Mohsen Asadinezhad, Sayed Mahmood Rezvani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-04-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Control
Endemicity
Epidemiology
Fasciola hepatica
Human fascioliasis
Iran
Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3596

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