Table 1 Demographic and laboratory data, and the response to treatment of the recorded Fasciola cases in the study area from September 2018 to March 2023
From: Significance of climate change in the emergence of human fascioliasis in Upper Egypt
Data items | No (%) |
|---|---|
Age in years (mean ± SD) | 33.9 ± 17.4 |
(Range) | (5–75) |
5–20 years | 74 (24.4) |
21–40 years | 132 (43.6) |
41–60 years | 73 (24.1) |
≥ 61 years | 24 (7.9) |
Sex | Â |
Males | 130 (42.9) |
Females | 173 (57.1) |
Residence | Â |
Rural | 224 (73.9) |
Urban | 79 (26.1) |
Cases in districts of Assiut Governorate: | Â |
Manfalut | 270 (89.1) |
Assiut | 18 (5.9) |
Abnoub | 9 (3) |
Dairut | 3 (1) |
Al-Fath | 2 (0.7) |
Al-Qosia | 1 (0.3) |
Acute fascioliasis | 286 (94.4) |
Response to triclabendazole | 229 (75.6) |
Eosinophilic count: median (IQR) | 3.22 (6.31) |
Eosinophilic percent: median (IQR) | 31 (37.1) |
Detection of diagnostic eggs in stool | 10 (3.3) |
Years of the study period: | Â |
♣ From September 2018 | 237 (78.2) |
♣ Year 2019 | 151 (49.8) |
♣ Year 2020 | 121 (39.9) |
♣ Year 2021 | 58 (19.1) |
♣ Year 2022 | 57 (18.8) |
♣ Up to March 2023 | 8 (2.6) |