title: Fasciola hepatica Infection in an Indigenous Community of the Peruvian Jungle.
abstract: Fasciola hepatica is a zoonotic infection with a worldwide distribution. Autochthonous cases have not been reported in the Amazon region of Peru. Operculated eggs resembling F. hepatica were identified in the stools of five out of 215 subjects in a remote indigenous community of the Peruvian jungle. Polymerase chain reaction targeting Fasciola hepatica cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene and sequencing of the products confirmed Fasciola infection.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and University of Texas Medical Branch Collaborative Research Center, Cusco, Peru; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas micabada@utmb.edu.
authors.forename: Miguel M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cabada
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and University of Texas Medical Branch Collaborative Research Center, Cusco, Peru; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castellanos-Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and University of Texas Medical Branch Collaborative Research Center, Cusco, Peru; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and University of Texas Medical Branch Collaborative Research Center, Cusco, Peru; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: María Alejandra
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Caravedo
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and University of Texas Medical Branch Collaborative Research Center, Cusco, Peru; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: Eulogia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arque
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and University of Texas Medical Branch Collaborative Research Center, Cusco, Peru; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: Arthur Clinton
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D020081:Phyllachorales; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D044382:Population Groups; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV