Results 131 to 140 of about 10,469 (183)

LIVER AND INTESTINAL FLUKES

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1996
A number of trematodes besides schistosomes parasitize humans and domesticated animals. Although they do not have as great a public health impact as schistosomiasis, they are prevalent in Southeast Asia as well as among the greater than 1 million immigrants from this region to North America. The human biliary flukes include C. sinensis, O.
L X, Liu, K T, Harinasuta
openaire   +2 more sources

Liver Flukes: Clonorchis and Opisthorchis

2014
Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, and O. felineus are liver flukes of human and animal pathogens occurring across much of Europe and Asia. Nevertheless, they are often underestimated compared to other, better known neglected diseases in spite of the fact that many millions of people are infected and hundreds of millions are at risk.
Weerachai, Saijuntha   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Lung and Liver Flukes

Medicine, 2001
Abstract Fluke infections are zoonoses (diseases of animals); humans are ‘accidentally’ infected by eating contaminated foods. In some areas, huge numbers of individuals are infected with lung or liver flukes. The adult worms produce symptoms by their presence in bile ducts (Chlonorchis, Opisthorchis and Fasciola) or lung tissue (Paragonimus).
openaire   +1 more source

Liver fluke CPD in the regions

Veterinary Record, 2013
IN response to the increasing challenges associated with the control of liver fluke in sheep and cattle, a series of regional CPD meetings have been organised for veterinary practitioners from the end of November 2013. Veterinary surgeons and researchers have worked together …
Fiona, Lovatt   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Liver Fluke Infections

2020
Abstract Liver flukes, otherwise known as trematodes, are leaf-like hermaphroditic flatworms. In certain parts of the world, the hepatobiliary system of humans is commonly infected by flukes of the genera Clonorchis and Opisthorchis and occasionally by other species.
Kittiyod Poovorawan   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Parasite-Associated Cancers (Blood Flukes/Liver Flukes)

2017
Parasitic infection remains as a persistent public health problem and can be carcinogenic. Three helminth parasites, namely, Clonorchis sinensis (liver fluke) and Opisthorchis viverrini as well as Schistosoma haematobium (blood fluke), are classified as Group 1 carcinogens by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer ...
Meng, Feng, Xunjia, Cheng
openaire   +2 more sources

Taxonomy and biology of liver flukes

Acta Tropica, 2003
Opisthorchis viverrini is a human liver fluke endemic in Thailand, Lao PDR and Cambodia. Three subspecies of Bithynia siamensis and 18 species of cyprinoid fish are susceptible first and second intermediate hosts, respectively. The differentiation between the adult worm of O.
openaire   +2 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy