| [emergence in humans of fascioliasis (from fasciola gigantica) and intestinal distomatosis (from fasciolopsis buski) in laos]. | distomatoses due to fasciola spp. and fasciolopsis buski are very common in the developing countries of southeast asia. the flukes in laos have not yet been completely studied and described, however. in 2004, we began screening for these two distomatoses in the province of savannakhet, in southern laos. our initial results showed that the causal agent of fascioliasis in humans and animals is fasciola gigantica. the infestation rate of fascioliasis in cattle in slaughterhouses ranged from 17 to 5 ... | 2008 | 19359231 |