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Epidemiological Study on Fascioliasis in Animals and Human in New Valley Governorate and Evaluation of Risk Factors

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

Subjects

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Tags

zoonosis, infectious

Abstract

Fascioliasis is an important worldwide zoonotic parasitic disease. In Egypt, fascioliasis in humans and animals is endemic and causes both clinical and epidemiological health problems. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of related risk factors in two regions of the New Valley Governorate, Egypt, as well as the prevalence of fascioliasis in humans and farm animals based on fecal examination. The fecal sedimentation technique was used to look for Fasciola eggs in the fecal samples. Between December 2022 and June 2023, 180 human stool samples and 370 animal fecal samples (300 cattle, 70 sheep) were collected. Depending on coprological examination, the prevalence of fascioliasis was 0 % (0/180) in human and 1.6% (6 out of 370) in animals, sheep showed higher infection 2.9% (2 out of 70) than cattle 1.3% (4 out of 300) with non-significant association between infection and species, age range, sex of animals, locality, time of infection. In conclusion, even though human fascioliasis was not found in this investigation, the animal fascioliasis existence can pose a risk to public health. Thus, it's critical to implement policies that will minimize the chance that animals in the governorate of New Valley may become infected with Fasciola.

DOI

10.21608/nvvj.2024.322991.1052

Keywords

Fascioliasis, human, Animal prevalence, coprological examination, New Valley Governorate

Authors

First Name

Nermeen

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Abdelal

Affiliation

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sadat City, Department of Animal Hygiene and Zoonoses

Email

drnermeen30@gmail.com

City

new valley governorate

Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Diab

MiddleName

Said

Affiliation

Department of Animal Hygiene and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, New Valley University, El-Kharga, Egypt

Email

mohameddiab333@gmail.com

City

New Valley

Orcid

0000-0002-4878-1534

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Bayoumi

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Animal Hygiene and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, University of Sadat city

Email

ahmedbayoumi603@yahoo.com

City

Sadat city

Orcid

-

First Name

Shrif

Last Name

Zidan

MiddleName

Abdallah

Affiliation

Department of Animal Hygiene and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sadat City

Email

shrifizidan@yahoo.com

City

Sadat city

Orcid

-

First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Hadad

MiddleName

Abd El Monsef

Affiliation

Department of Animal Hygiene and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, University of Sadat city

Email

ghadavet@yahoo.com

City

Sadat city

Orcid

-

Volume

5

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

51660

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-10-14

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

42

Page End

49

Print ISSN

2786-0272

Online ISSN

2786-0280

Link

https://nvvj.journals.ekb.eg/article_399824.html

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http://journals.ekb.eg?_action=service&article_code=399824

Order

399,824

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,934

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

New Valley Veterinary Journal

Publication Link

https://nvvj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Epidemiological Study on Fascioliasis in Animals and Human in New Valley Governorate and Evaluation of Risk Factors

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Article

Created At

07 Jan 2025