Fasciolasis in Tuaran, Sabah: A Case Report

Fionna Vincent Bizini

doi:10.51200/bjms.vi1.1382

Fasciolasis in Tuaran, Sabah: A Case Report

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Fionna Vincent Bizini Master of Public Health (MPH)

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https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.1382

Abstract

Background: Fascioliasis is a major parasitic disease caused by the liver flukes, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica in Malaysia. On 31st May 2016, three cases of fasciolasis among humans were notified in Tuaran involving two localities.

Keywords: fasciolasis, Tuaran

Author Biography

Fionna Vincent Bizini, Master of Public Health (MPH)

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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2018-09-24

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Bizini, F. V. (2018). Fasciolasis in Tuaran, Sabah: A Case Report. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), (1), 35. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.1382

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2018: BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (BJMS), (Suppl.), SEPTEMBER 2018

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