A study on fasciolopsiasis in Bangladesh.

A study of infection with F. buski in children has been carried out in a rural area of Bangladesh. The rate of ova production was inversely related to the worm load. Subjects infected with F. buski had higher total leukocyte counts than the control subjects, but the two groups were not different with regard to haemoglobin level and other parameters of nutrition. These findings have been discussed. There was a high rate of infection (36.2%). Up to the age of 7 years, males and females were equally affected, but above this age the females predominated.