A parasitic infection that is caused by liver flukes, usually Fasciola hepatica, of sheep, goats, and cattle. Humans become infected by eating uncooked, infested aquatic vegetation (classically watercress). adult flukes inhabit the bile ducts, gallbladder, and occasionally ectopic sites. Symptoms arise secondary to inflammatory response or obstruction. The disease is MONDO_0004668 (fascioliasis). Also known as: Fasciolosis, fasciola hepatica infection, infection by fasciola, liver flukes, sheep liver fluke infection.