Diagnostic methods
Parasitological diagnosis
Fasciolopsis buski is one of several intestinal trematodes besides Heterophyes spp., Echinostoma spp. and Metagonimus spp. Their presence is detected by characteristic eggs in the faeces.
Sometimes adult worms can be detected in stool samples.
Molecular diagnosis
No tests available
Antigen detection
No tests developed so far
Antibody detection
No specific serological tests are available
Diagnostic strategies
Besides microscopic detection of eggs, no other diagnostic strategy is available