Chen M G
Department of Scientific Information, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1991 Dec;22 Suppl:356-60.
Fasciola hepatica is one of the most common parasites in China that infects ruminants, especially cattle, sheep and goats, and causes considerable morbidity and economic losses in the animal husbandry. The climate in wide areas of China is suitable for the development of F. hepatica and its intermediate snail hosts. However, human infection with the fluke is not common. Up to now, 38 hospital patients and six infected individuals from two epidemiological surveys have been reported in the Chinese literature. F. gigantica infection in herbivorous animals is comparatively rare compared to F. hepatica infections, and only one case was reported in man (Wang, 1984). This paper reviews mainly human infections with F. hepatica in the Chinese literature. Animal infections of the parasite are also briefly described.
肝片吸虫是中国最常见的寄生虫之一，它感染反刍动物，尤其是牛、绵羊和山羊，给畜牧业造成相当大的发病率和经济损失。中国广大地区的气候适合肝片吸虫及其中间宿主螺类的生长发育。然而，人类感染这种吸虫并不常见。到目前为止，中国文献报道了38例医院患者以及两项流行病学调查中的6名感染者。与肝片吸虫感染相比，食草动物感染巨片吸虫相对较少，仅报道过1例人类感染病例（王，1984年）。本文主要综述中国文献中人类感染肝片吸虫的情况，同时也简要描述了该寄生虫的动物感染情况。
