Autochthonous Human Fascioliasis, Belgium

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jan;26(1):155-157. doi: 10.3201/eid2601.190190.

Abstract

We report 2 cases of human fascioliasis (HF) in Belgium, likely caused by consumption of vegetables from a garden that was flooded by pasture runoff. Because autochthonous HF is rare and the route of transmission was unusual, HF was not diagnosed until 6 months after symptom onset in both cases.

Keywords: Belgium; Fasciola; Fasciola hepatica; Human fascioliasis; cattle; lymnaeid snails; parasites; triclabendazole; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Belgium / epidemiology
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious
  • Fascioliasis / epidemiology*
  • Fascioliasis / etiology
  • Fascioliasis / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Vegetables / parasitology