Publications

prevalence of fasciola hepatica in dairy herds in england and wales measured with an elisa applied to bulk-tank milk.	an elisa developed to diagnose fasciola hepatica infection in cattle by detecting serum antibodies was adapted and validated for use with samples of bulk-tank milk. the prevalence of the infection in 61 dairy herds was established by using serum antibody levels or faecal egg counts measured in a proportion of the cows in each herd. the correlation between the results of the elisa and the herd seroprevalence was 0.83. using a cut-off value of 27 per cent positive, the bulk-tank elisa identified h ...	2005	15937238
hepatic fascioliasis at a london hospital--the importance of recognising typical radiological features to avoid a delay in diagnosis.	hepatic fascioliasis is a zoonosis caused by the trematode fasciola hepatica, which can cause hepatobiliary disease in humans via the ingestion of contaminated water or aquatic vegetables. reported cases of human infection with f. hepatica arise in regions where cattle are raised, with particular abundance in south america and the middle east. the typical radiological appearances associated with fascioliasis are well reported and are likely to be more easily recognisable by radiologists in these ...	2009	19729549