Have We Forgotten the Threat Posed by Fascioliasis? A Potential Threat to Public Health

Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease, still a critical public health problem in endemic areas. Occurrence of fascioliasis in man is prehistoric . The main cause of this disease is Fasciola hepatica (the sheep live fluke or the common liver fluke). This flatworm involves biliary passages of the liver, but can also be found in the duodenum, migrate through the intestinal wall into the peritoneal cavity, penetrate the capsule of the liver, pass through its parenchyma and ultimately settle in the biliary passages. As a public health hazards, fascioliasis was first discovered by Chen and Mott . Intestinal parasitic infections are widely prevalent in human population of Pakistan with only two reports on F. hepatica infection. First report on the occurrence of F. hepatica was claimed by Qureshi et al and recently another case is given from Swat, Pakistan. We herein, report the effect of albendazole against fascioliasis in a 14 yr old boy from February to June 2016 of the University Pubic School, University of Malakand, Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.