Abstract
Eating raw or insufficiently cooked mollusks is a known risk factor for human echinostomiasis. We confirmed identification of Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex trematodes as the causative agent of disease among 170 children in northern Bihar, India. We also identified the snail Pila globosa as a potential source of infections in the study area.
Highlights
Eating raw or insufficiently cooked mollusks is a known risk factor for human echinostomiasis
24 echinostome species cause human echinostomiasis and are highly endemic to Southeast Asia and the Far East; major foci are located in China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand [1]
Our findings conclusively establish that these children were infected with A. sufrartyfex trematodes
Summary
Eating raw or insufficiently cooked mollusks is a known risk factor for human echinostomiasis. During 2004–2017, several cases of echinostome infection were reported in children at Shri Shubh Lal Hospital and Research Centre in Bihar, India. A total of 170 cases of A. sufrartyfex trematode infection occurred in northern Bihar, India, mostly in children
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