Publications
| fascioliasis in vietnam. | a confirmed diagnosis of human fascioliasis was rare in vietnam until 1978 when two cases were reported in humans. since 1997, we have confirmed 500 cases of human fascioliasis. the majority of cases come from the central provinces of vietnam: da nang, quang ngai, binh dinh, phu yen and khanh hoa. patients were treated in hospitals in ho chi minh city. all had high peripheral blood eosinophilic counts (16-70%) and positive serology with fasciola gigantica antigen with positive titers of 1/1,600 ... | 2001 | 12041604 |
| bovine fasciolosis in the human fasciolosis hyperendemic binh dinh province in central vietnam. | a cross-sectional survey on bovine fasciolosis was conducted in the binh dinh province of central vietnam that was previously identified as hyperendemic for human fasciolosis. in vietnam, both pure fasciola gigantica and hybrid and/or introgressed populations of liverflukes bearing genetic material from both fasciola hepatica and f. gigantica infect humans and animals. in this study, 825 cattle were randomly selected from 8 of the 11 provincial districts for faecal collection; blood samples were ... | 2010 | 20920452 |