Iran J Parasitol: Vol. 10, No. 3, Jul -Sep 2015, pp.306-328 Iran J Parasitol Tehran University of Medical Open access Journal at Iranian Society of Parasitology Sciences Publication http:// ijpa.tums.ac.ir http:// isp.tums.ac.ir http:// tums.ac.ir Review Article The Status of Human and Animal Fascioliasis in Iran: A Narrative Review Article Keyhan ASHRAFI Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan Province, Iran Received 10 Jan 2015 Abstract Accepted 21 May 2015 Background: The public health importance of human fascioliasis has increased during last few decades due to the appearance of new emerging and re-emerging foci in many countries. Iran, as the most important focus of human disease in Asia, Keywords: has been included among six countries known to have a serious problem with Human fascioliasis, fascioliasis by WHO. Various aspects of the disease in Iran are discussed in this Animal fascioliasis, review. Epidemiology, Methods: This narrative review covers all information about human and animal Lymnaeid snails, fascioliasis in Iran, which has been published in local and international journals Iran from 1960 to 2014 using various databases including PubMed, SID, Google Schol- ar, Scopus, Science Direct. Results: During the period of the study the infection rates of 0.1% to 91.4% was *Correspondence noted in various livestock. Despite the higher infection rates of livestock in south- Email: ern areas in past decades, human disease has been mostly encountered in northern
[email protected] Provinces especially in Guilan. Recent studies indicate noticeable decrease in preva- lence rates of veterinary fascioliasis in Iran, however the prevalence rates of fascio- liasis in livestock in northern Provinces of Guilan and Mazandaran seem to remain at a higher level in comparison to other parts.