ABSTRACT
I. BACKGROUND The disease caused by the intestinal giant fluke, Fasciolopsis buski, popularly known as fasciolopsiasis, is a distinct clinical entity with specific etiological agents. The parasite infects both humans and pigs. It can be considered one of the important deterrents to socioeconomic development in the impoverished areas of tropics and subtropics, where high rainfall and moderate water temperatures offer a suitable environmental condition for a high rate of snail reproduction together with conditions that allow the parasite to maintain its life cycle for most of the year (1,2).
