Luis Raúl Rosas-Hostos Infantes, Guillermo Andres Paredes Yataco, Yeimer Ortiz-Martínez, Treana Mayer, Angelica Terashima, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Esteban Gonzalez-Diaz, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, Lilian Vargas Barahona, Alyssa A Grimshaw, Daniel B Chastain, Stefan Sillau, Luis A Marcos, Andrés F Henao-Martínez
BACKGROUND: Fascioliasis is a parasitic zoonosis that can infect humans and be a source of significant morbidity. The World Health Organization lists human fascioliasis as a neglected tropical disease, but the worldwide prevalence of fascioliasis data is unknown. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to estimate the global prevalence of human fascioliasis. DATA SOURCES AND METHODS: We performed a systematic review and prevalence meta-analysis. We used the following inclusion criteria: articles published in the English, Portuguese, or Spanish languages from December 1985 to October 2022 and studies assessing the prevalence of Fasciola in the general population with an appropriate diagnostic methodology, including longitudinal studies, prospective and retrospective cohorts, case series, and randomized clinical trials (RCTs)...
2023: Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease