Stimulating Neoblast-Like Cell Proliferation in Juvenile Fasciola hepatica Supports Growth and Progression towards the Adult Phenotype In Vitro. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Fascioliasis (or fasciolosis) is a socioeconomically important parasitic disease caused by liver flukes of the genus Fasciola. Flukicide resistance has exposed the need for new drugs and/or a vaccine for liver fluke control.
Paul McCusker +11 more
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Combining Slaughterhouse Surveillance Data with Cattle Tracing Scheme and Environmental Data to Quantify Environmental Risk Factors for Liver Fluke in Cattle [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017 Liver fluke infection causes serious disease (fasciolosis) in cattle and sheep in many regions of the world, resulting in production losses and additional economic consequences due to condemnation of the liver at slaughter.
Giles T. Innocent +7 more
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Liver Fluke Infection Throughout Human Evolution [PDF]
Gastro Hep Advances, 2022 The species of liver fluke that infect humans are zoonotic parasites that we share with other animals. The complex way in which humans have interacted with their environment, and the animals that live alongside them, has affected our ancestors’ risk of ...
Tianyi Wang, Piers D. Mitchell
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Development and validation of a protocol to identify and recruit participants into a large scale study on liver fluke in cattle [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2018 Background Liver fluke infection caused by the parasite Fasciola hepatica is a major cause of production losses to the cattle industry in the UK. To investigate farm-level risk factors for fluke infection, a randomised method to recruit an appropriate ...
Catherine M. McCann +3 more
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Ruminants, 2023 Rumen fluke (RF) are trematode parasites that have increased in prevalence within European ruminant livestock since the 1990s. Morbidity and mortality can result from the development of juvenile flukes in the duodenum, however, evidence for significant ...
Valentina Busin +7 more
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Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research, 2020 Crosstalk between malignant and neighboring cells contributes to tumor growth. In East Asia, infection with the liver fluke is a major risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA).
Patpicha Arunsan +13 more
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A radiomics model based on magnetic resonance imaging to predict cytokeratin 7/19 expression and liver fluke infection of hepatocellular carcinoma [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer. HCC with liver fluke infection could harbor unique biological behaviors.
Jun-Qi Liu +12 more
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Novel recombinant proteins and peptides from Clonorchis sinensis and Opisthorchis viverrini for liver fluke exposure ELISA [PDF]
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2023 Human serum samples from individuals living in Vietnam and Taiwan suspected of past Clonorchis sinensis or Opisthorchis viverrini infection were screened using several novel peptides and recombinant liver fluke proteins to determine if any consistent ...
Sumathy Mohan +2 more
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Liver fluke-induced choledocholithiasis with biliary ductal obstruction
Radiology Case Reports, 2019 Liver fluke-related biliary disease is rare in the United States, as locally-acquired liver fluke infection is uncommon. Presented here is a case of biliary obstruction secondary to fluke infection in a Burmese immigrant to the United States.
Cory M Pfeifer, MD, MS +3 more
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Establishing a predictive model for liver fluke infection on the basis of early changes in laboratory indicators: a retrospective study [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Hepatic clonorchiasis is one of the most prevalent foodborne parasitic diseases in China and is often overlooked because the initial symptoms are not obvious.
Yiting Wang +3 more
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