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Human fascioliasis in South Africa


J Black
N Ntusi
P Stead
B Mayosi
M Mendelson

Abstract

Human fascioliasis has the widest latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal distribution of any vector-borne disease, yet only 3 cases have been reported from South Africa, the last in 1964. We report 2 cases from the same  geographic area associated with local consumption of watercress, suggesting an endemic focus.

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