Comments on human eurytremiasis in Brazil

• 作者: Alan Lane de Melo Hudson Alves Pinto
• 来源期刊: 世界实验医学杂志
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Eurytrema PARASITE TRANSMISSION TROPICAL MEDICINE METACERCARIAE ZOONOSIS
• 年，卷（期）: 2016,（2）
• 页码范围: 55-57
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Eurytremiasis is an important parasitic disease of cattle that was recently suggested to be a neglected and emerging human disease in Brazil.Based on a misinterpretation of the life cycle of the parasite,it was suggested that a great number of people could be infected with this fluke in the country.In the present letter,aspects of the life cycle of Eurytrema spp.are revisited and clarified.The mechanism of transmission previously reported for the few accidental human cases involved the ingestion of raw or undercooked insects(grasshoppers and crickets)harboring the infective metacercariae.In reality,the zoonotic potential of Eurytrema species is extremely low,and human eurytremiasis is not,and probably never will be,a zoonotic disease in countries where entomophagy is not a common food habit.