A Case of Fasciolosis Reinfection in Japan

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  • Akiyoshi Kumiko
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Kokubo-Tanaka Mio
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Japan
  • Yamauchi Shuichiro
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Yonezu Keisuke
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Abe Ichitaro
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Tawara Katsunori
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Saito Shotaro
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Kondo Hidekazu
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Fukuda Tomoko
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Fukui Akira
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Akioka Hidefumi
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Shinohara Tetsuji
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Teshima Yasushi
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Yufu Kunio
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Shimono Nobuyuki
    Center for the Study of Global Infection, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan
  • Mizuno Yusuke
    Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitic Diseases, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Japan
  • Irie Takao
    Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitic Diseases, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Japan Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Japan
  • Yoshida Ayako
    Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitic Diseases, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Japan Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Japan
  • Takahashi Naohiko
    Department of Cardiology and Clinical Examination, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Japan
  • Maruyama Haruhiko
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Japan Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Japan

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<p>Fasciolosis is a major cause of food-borne parasitic zoonosis. It primarily affects ruminants but also infects humans. Clinically, it is characterized by abnormal liver images with prominent eosinophilia. We herein report a 77-year-old Japanese livestock farmer, who experienced fasciolosis reinfection. Environmental investigation of his residence revealed that both intermediate host snails and sika deer, a natural final host, inhabited his house. In addition, cattle were infected with Fasciola. Based on these findings, we concluded that his work place was accidentally contaminated with Fasciola metacercariae. </p>

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  • Internal Medicine

    Internal Medicine advpub (0), 2025

    The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

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