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Fasciola hepatica agent of fascioliosis live in the bile ducts and essentially infects sheep, goat and cattle. Humans are accidental host for F.hepatica. Humans are infected by contaminated water or ingestion of uncooked aquatic vegetation on which metacercaria are encysted. Fascioliosis is a cosmopolitan disease found where is close association of livestock, humans and snail. Fascioliosis is an endemic disease in Turkey and Kayseri-Karpuzsekisi region has suitable bio-ecological properties for establishment and reproduction of F.hepatica. In this study, anti-Fasciola hepatica antibodies were investigated in serum specimens collected from inhabitant live in Karpuzsekisi region. Serum specimens collected from Hanyeri (n=48), Yellow Curl (n=68), Nine-Pine (n=62) and Carpentine (n=196) totally 374 were examined with IHA and ELISA tests. In addition, stool specimens taken from these persons were examined with Native-Lugol and sedimentation methods. With IHA and ELISA methods, total 13 (3.48) persons were seropositive with low level dilutions, although eggs cannot be demonstrated any individuals with stool examination. In addition to these methods, 13 persons were examined with radiological methods but any pathological situations were found. When the results that we found and others are assessed altogether we could easily conclude that there is a positive relationship with the F.hepatica incidence and marshy regions

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