title: Comments on eurytrematosis in Brazil and the possibility of human infection.
abstract: The manuscript "Eurytrematosis: An emerging and neglected disease in South Brazil" discusses some aspects ofEurytrema sp. fluke as an animal pathogen and based in some aspects of the parasitism in cattle and the life cycle ofEurytrema sp. Authors suggest the possibility of human infection, once there is no research on this subject in Brazil. In human cases reported, the mechanism of infection was not disclosed, so it keeps the discussion opened. Although we focused on animal eurytrematosis, we speculated the possibility of human infection byEurytrema sp. in Brazil, but after all, the only way to determine it, would be a study searching for people infected through coprological or serological tests.
authors.affiliation: Claiton I Schwertz, Luan C Henker, Ricardo E Mendes, Laboratório de Patologia Veterinária, Instituto Federal Catarinense, Concórdia, Santa Catarina 89703-720, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claiton I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Schwertz
authors.affiliation: Claiton I Schwertz, Luan C Henker, Ricardo E Mendes, Laboratório de Patologia Veterinária, Instituto Federal Catarinense, Concórdia, Santa Catarina 89703-720, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luan C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Henker
authors.affiliation: Claiton I Schwertz, Luan C Henker, Ricardo E Mendes, Laboratório de Patologia Veterinária, Instituto Federal Catarinense, Concórdia, Santa Catarina 89703-720, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mendes
keywords: Cattle; Eurytrema coelomaticum; Pancreas; Pathology; Veterinary parasitology