Parkinson M, O'Neill S M, Dalton J P
School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland.
Epidemiol Infect. 2007 May;135(4):669-74. doi: 10.1017/S095026880600728X. Epub 2006 Oct 26.
Fasciolosis, caused by trematodes of the genus Fasciola, is an emerging disease of humans. One of the highest levels of human fasciolosis hepatica is found amongst the indigenous Aymaran people of the Northern Bolivian Altiplano. A meta-analysis of epidemiological surveys from 38 communities in the region demonstrates that fasciolosis has been endemic in the region since at least 1984 and is a zoonosis of rural communities. Human and bovine fasciolosis is associated with the communities lying in the plain from Lake Titicaca to La Paz, predominantly in the Los Andes province. In Los Andes incidences of up to 67% of population cohorts were found, and prevalence is age-related with the highest infection rate in children aged 8-11 years.
由片形吸虫属的吸虫引起的片形吸虫病是一种新出现的人类疾病。在玻利维亚北部高原的艾马拉土著人群中,人类肝片形吸虫病的发病率处于最高水平之一。对该地区38个社区的流行病学调查进行的荟萃分析表明,至少自1984年以来,片形吸虫病在该地区一直呈地方流行状态,是农村社区的一种人畜共患病。人和牛的片形吸虫病与从的的喀喀湖到拉巴斯的平原地区的社区有关,主要集中在洛斯安第斯省。在洛斯安第斯省,发现人群队列发病率高达67%,且患病率与年龄相关,8至11岁儿童的感染率最高。