%0 Journal Article
%T Investigation of Fasciola hepatica Antibodies in Foreign High School Students in Kayseri
%A Berna HAMAMCI
%A ¨¹lfet £¿ET£¿NKAYA
%A Ozan YAMAN
%A Muhittin KAYA
%J T¨¹rk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi
%D 2010
%I Refik Saydam H?fz?ss?hha Merkezi Ba?kanl???
%X Objective: Fasciola hepatica is a hepatic trematode which develops fasciolosis mostly in sheep and cattle and occasionally in humans. F. hepatica is an endemic parasite in Turkey and causes major economic losses in livestock industry. Human are infected by contaminated water or ingestion of uncooked aquatic vegetation on which metacercaria are encysted. In the diagnosis of human infection, in addition to investigate for the F. hepatica eggs in stool, various serological methods are also used. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the incidence of anti-Fasciola hepatica antibodies in 347 high school students from 28 different countries studying in Kayseri city.Method: In our study, anti-F. hepatica antibodies were investigated in serum samples taken from 347 male students ages ranging between 15 and 21 (average: 17.52 ¡À 1.36) in a high school in Kayseri by using the IHA method. In seropositive subjects the occurrence of parasite¡¯s eggs was investigated in stool samples using the native-lugol method. For statistical evaluations, Chi-square test was performed by using SPSS (V.11.0) software package for Windows and p <0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: In the study, 12 (3.5 %) of the students were determined as seropositive in the 1/320 dilution, but F. hepatica eggs were not found in their stool samples. Seropositivity rates for F. hepatica among the students coming from Caucasian, European, Asian and African countries were determined as 1.8 %, 3.5 %, 4.8 % and 5.4 % respectively.Conclusion: Fasciolosis, which is a major public health problem in Turkey, was found in the serum of a small part of the group of foreign students studied in a high school in Kayseri. Considering the epidemiology of the disease, people should be informed about the control and prevention methods.
%K Fasciola hepatica
%K fasciolosis
%K Kayseri
%K foreign students
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