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  • Title: Fascioliasis imported to Norway.
    Author: Jensenius M, Flaegstad T, Stenstad T, Gjølberg T, Vlatkovic L, Schjøth-Iversen L, Berild D, Bordmann G, Myrvang B.
    Journal: Scand J Infect Dis; 2005; 37(6-7):534-7. PubMed ID: 16012024.
    Abstract:
    We report 3 cases of fascioliasis imported to Norway: a 24-y-old male Vietnamese immigrant and a 51-y-old female Vietnamese immigrant with acute fascioliasis, and a 2-y-old male Ethiopian adoptee with chronic fascioliasis. Diagnosis was confirmed by detection of specific antibodies to Fasciola hepatica in the 2 first cases and by demonstration of Fasciola hepatica eggs in stool samples in the latter case. Treatment with oral triclabendazole led to prompt cure in all 3 patients. Imported fascioliasis is rarely reported but should be suspected in patients with a travel history to endemic areas, abdominal symptoms and hypereosinophilia of the blood.
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