Table 2 Evolution of human fascioliasis infection reports in Argentina, according to provinces where infection was presumed to have occurred, number of cases and respective articles furnishing the information

430

1 case published in 1937 [91]; 1 in 1940 [76]; 4 in 1942 [52]; 1 in 1943 [93]; 1 in 1943 [77]; 1 in 1944 [109]; 5 in 1952 [38]; 9 in 1954 [39]; 22 in 1961 [40]; 150 in 1961 [unpublished by other colleagues, cited in 40]; 19 in 1961 [72]; 2 in 1967 [114]; 1 in 1967 & 1969 [94, 95]; 11 in 1972 [36]; 12 in 1972 [49]; 54 in 1982 [106]; 101 in 1982 [41]; 2 in 1983 [78]; 15 in 1989 [42]; 1 in 2006 [85]; 8 in 2008 [47]

Two papers deal with the same case [94, 95]

73

1 case published in 1952 [38]; 1 in 1954 [39]; 1 in 1961 [40]; 1 in 1972 [36]; 5 in 1983 [90]; 54 in 2009 [43]; 10 in 2009 [53]

these 73 cases do not include 10 serologically suspicious patients who could not be confirmed due to absence of eggs in stools [116]

29

1 case published in 1927 [33]; 1 in 1930 [35]; 2 in 1969 [87]; 4 in 1973 [50]; 1 in 1991 [88]; 1 in 2000 [115]; 4 in 2005 [Carnevale in 61]; 15 in 2008 [47]

these 29 cases include an 11% seropositivity found in 34 samples obtained randomly in the population by Carnevale [unpublished data in 61]

28

1 case published in 1955 [101]; 1 in 1964 [86]; 15 in 1969 [87]; 1 in 1985 [97]; 5 in 1995 [51]; 5 in 2005 & 2006 [48, 54]

Two papers describe the same outbreak [48, 54]

6

1 case published in 1939 [69]; 1 in 1944 [109]; 1 in 1947 [79, 80]; 1 in 1961 [110]; 1 in 1970 [99]; 1 in 1972 [36]

Two papers refer to the same case [79, 80]

5

1 case published in 1933 [108]; 1 in 1942 [52]; 3 in 1985 [97]

4

1 case published in 1939 [92]; 1 in 1955 [55]; 2 in 1965 [107]

3

1 case published in 1944 [109]; 1 in 1953 [89]; 1 in 1964 [112]

3

1 case published in 1940 [76]; 1 in 1933 [Scrimaglio in 93]; 1 in 1969 [103]

2

1 case published in 2005 [61]; 1 in 2008 [62]

2

1 case published in 1944 [109]; 1 in 1964 [113]

1

1 case published in 1954 [98]

1

1 case published in 1985 [97]

32

1 case published in 1924 [32]; 1 in 1928 [34]; 1 in 1962 [111]; 2 in 1965 [107]; 5 in 1973 [104]; 16 in 1981 [100]; 6 in 1981 [102]

619 cases

58 reports