Seasonal prevalence of some zoonotic trematode infections in cattle and pigs in the north-east montane zone in India

Roy, Bishnupada; Tandon, Veena

doi:10.1016/0304-4017(92)90009-x

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“…Cercariae encyst not only on the surface of aquatic plants and debris but also on the water surface (Weng et al 1989). Human and animal fasciolopsiasis is largely con®ned (and endemic) to the oriental countries of the Far East and in Southeast Asia, i.e., mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan (Lee 1972;Shyu et al 1984;Lee et al 1986Lee et al , 1989Weng et al 1989;Gai et al 1995;Lo and Lee, 1996), India and Bangladesh (Idris et al 1980;Rahman et al 1981;Roy and Tandon 1992), Thailand (Manning et al 1971;Bunnag et al 1983), Vietnam (Harinasuta et al 1984), Laos (Waikagul 1991), Cambodia (Waikagul 1991), Kampuchea (Waikagul 1991), the Philippines (Waikagul 1991), Singapore (Waikagul 1991), Indonesia (Waikagul 1991), and Malaysia (Shekhar 1991). Fasciolopsiasis is most prevalent in school-age children (Lee 1972;Shah et al 1973;Gilman et al 1982;Bunnag et al 1983;Harinasuta et al 1984;Gai et al 1995) in which the number of worms per child can exceed 800 (Gilman et al 1982;Weng et al 1989).…”

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“…), or morning glory, (2) drinking or using raw water, and (3) handling or processing water-derived plants, i.e., peeling plants using one's teeth (Kuntz and Lo, 1967;Gilman et al 1982;Weng et al 1989). F. buski also infects some domestic animals, e.g., pigs (Kunts and Lo 1967;Weng et al 1989;Roy and Tandon 1992). In endemic areas, the prevalence of pig infection can exceed 40% (Weng et al 1989;Roy and Tanton 1992).…”

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Fasciolopsiasis: is it a controllable food-borne disease?

Graczyk

Gilman

Fried

2001

Parasitology Research

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Fasciolopsiasis, endemic to the Orient and Southeast Asia, is a snail-transmitted, intestinal, food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by a trematode, Fasciolopsis buski, which also infects farm pigs. Fasciolopsiasis remains a public health problem despite changes in eating habits, alterations in social and agricultural practices, health education, industrialization, and environmental alterations. The disease occurs focally and is most prevalent in school-age children. In foci of parasite transmission, the prevalence of infection in children ranges from 57% in mainland China to 25% in Taiwan and from 50% in Bangladesh and 60% in India to 10% in Thailand. Control programs implemented for food-borne zoonoses are not fully successful for fasciolopsiasis because of century-old traditions of eating raw aquatic plants and using untreated water. Fasciolopsiasis is aggravated by social and economic factors such as poverty, malnutrition, an explosively growing free-food market, a lack of sufficient food inspection and sanitation, other helminthiases, and declining economic conditions.

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Fasciolopsiasis: is it a controllable food-borne disease?

Graczyk

Gilman

Fried

2001

Parasitology Research

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“…They are also responsible for considerable economic losses to the livestock industry of marginal farmers, particularly of developing countries [4][5][6]. People living in tropical and sub-tropical countries with low per capita income, poor hygienic conditions suffers most because of the presence of favourable conditions for the proliferation of the parasite [7] and, also for the propagation of intermediate hosts that are an essential link in the life cycle of the parasite [8].…”

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<i>Alpinia Nigra</i> (Family Zingiberaceae): An Anthelmintic Medicinal Plant of North-East India

Roy¹,

Swargiary²,

Giri³

2012

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Traditionally used medicinal plants have been a source of relief in the control of different types of diseases throughout the globe. Economically backward people, who resides in remote areas of developing countries, rely heavily on indigenous way of get rid of parasitic infections using folk medicine. Alpinia nigra is one such medicinal plant, widely used in different parts of NorthEast India to cure intestinal helminth infection. Essential oils of different species of Alpinia contain flavonoids, terpenoids and kavalactones which have been in used to cure inflammation, hypertension, bacterial and helminth infection. In this review, the crude alcoholic extract of A. nigra that causes destruction and degeneration of surface architecture of tegument, inhibit energy metabolism related enzymes and also enzyme responsible for neuromuscular coordination are discussed.

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“…Buckley (1964) reported high prevalence of Gastrodiscoides in humans, mostly children (around 41%), in Kamrup district of Assam, India. In a later study carried out in Meghalaya (India), G. hominis was shown to have seasonal prevalence (Roy and Tandon 1992).…”

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Molecular characterization of Gastrodiscoides hominis (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea) inferred from ITS rDNA sequence analysis

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Gastrodiscoides hominis (Digenea: Paramphistomata: Gastrodiscidae) is an amphistomid intestinal fluke of pigs causing gastrodiscoidiosis. With the use of molecular tools assisting the conventional diagnostic procedures, we aimed at finding out molecular characterization of G. hominis using PCR amplifications of rDNA ITS (1, 2) sequences. The sequences obtained (GenBank accession numbers EF027096, EF027097, EF027098, EU887294, and EU887295) were compared with available sequences of other digenean parasites, particularly those having a zoonotic potential in the northeastern region of India. The BLAST search revealed a close similarity with members of the family Paramphistomidae, showing maximum similarity with the amphistome, Homalogaster paloniae (subfamily Paramphistominae). Based on various tree construction methods, phylogeny of G. hominis is discussed.

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Seasonal prevalence of some zoonotic trematode infections in cattle and pigs in the north-east montane zone in India

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Fasciolopsiasis: is it a controllable food-borne disease?

Fasciolopsiasis: is it a controllable food-borne disease?

<i>Alpinia Nigra</i> (Family Zingiberaceae): An Anthelmintic Medicinal Plant of North-East India

Molecular characterization of Gastrodiscoides hominis (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea) inferred from ITS rDNA sequence analysis

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