Publications

human fascioliasis in cajamarca/peru. i. diagnostic methods and treatment with praziquantel.	in a prospective study 34 peruvian fascioliasis patients were followed up for three months after treatment with praziquantel. the rapid sedimentation of faeces was demonstrated to be the most appropriate parasitological technique for the diagnosis of fasciola hepatica infections in man compared to the mif concentration or the examination of duodenal fluid by enterotest. after therapy with different doses of praziquantel only 21% of the patients stopped to excrete worm eggs although 17 patients h ...	1985	4023557
fluke egg characteristics for the diagnosis of human and animal fascioliasis by fasciola hepatica and f. gigantica.	in trematodiases, shape and size of the fluke eggs shed with faeces are crucial diagnostic features because of their typically reduced intraspecific variability. in fascioliasis, the usual diagnosis during the biliary stage of infection is based on the classification of eggs found in stools, duodenal contents or bile. the aim of the present study is to validate the identification of fasciola species based on the shape and size of eggs shed by humans, characterizing their morphometric traits usin ...	2009	19375410