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SUBMITTER: Chen JX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3738520 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Jia-Xu JX Chen Mu-Xin MX Ai Lin L Xu Xue-Nian XN Jiao Jian-Ming JM Zhu Ting-Jun TJ Su Hui-Yong HY Zang Wei W Luo Jia-Jun JJ Guo Yun-Hai YH Lv Shan S Zhou Xiao-Nong XN
PloS one 20130808 8
Fascioliasis is a common parasitic disease in livestock in China. However, human fascioliasis is rarely reported in the country. Here we describe an outbreak of human fascioliasis in Yunnan province. We reviewed the complete clinical records of 29 patients and performed an epidemiological investigation on the general human population and animals in the outbreak locality. Our findings support an outbreak due to Fasciola gigantica with a peak in late November, 2011. The most common symptoms were r ...[more]