Autochthonous Human Fascioliasis, Belgium

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2019 Dec 20

PMID 31855542

Citations 5

Authors

Sandrine Milas

Camelia Rossi

Ivan Philippart

Pierre Dorny

Emmanuel Bottieau

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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.

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