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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017 Background Foodborne trematodiasis (FBT) is a significant global health problem, with the liver flukes Opisthorchis viverrini, O. felineus, and Clonorchis sinensis contributing to half of the global burden of FBT.
Parichat Saenna +4 more
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Liver Fluke-Associated Biliary Tract Cancer
Gut and Liver, 2018 Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an aggressive cancer arising from epithelial cells of the bile duct. Most patients with CCA have an unresectable tumor at the time of diagnosis.
Piyapan Prueksapanich +5 more
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Tolerance of liver fluke infection varies between breeds and producers in beef cattle
Animal, 2021 Liver flukes (Fasciola spp.) are important helminth parasites of livestock globally and cause substantial reductions in health and productivity of beef cattle.
A.D. Hayward, P.J. Skuce, T.N. McNeilly
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Prevalence of major nematodes and human factors that affect infection in the zebra dove in a closed cage system [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2022 Background and Aim: Roundworms cause infections in the avian population that lead to illness and poor production. The singing zebra dove is an economically important animal in the Indo-Malay region. The prevalence of these parasitic groups in zebra doves
Watcharapol Suyapoh +4 more
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Prevalence of flukes (Fasciola hepatica and paramphistomids) in cattle in south-eastern Mexico
Helminthologia, 2023 The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors and prevalence of trematodes in south-eastern Mexico. The prevalence of trematodes was determined in 1010 bovines. The study was carried out from October 2018 (n=291) to December 2019 (n=719).
Hernández-Hernández J. C. +5 more
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Animals, 2021 This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of rumen flukes on German cattle farms via the sedimentation technique, and to identify the rumen fluke species occurring in Germany.
Tanja Forstmaier +4 more
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Annals of Hepatology, 2016 Introduction and aim. 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is the most commonly used chemotherapeutic drug in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Since development of drug resistance to 5-FU in CCA patients is the primary cause of treatment failure, a better ...
Sirinapa Sribenja +6 more
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Liver Flukes and the Microbiota in Cancer [PDF]
EBioMedicine, 2016 Tumor development is a multifactorial process, influenced by both genetic and environmental pressures. A small number of chronic infectious agents have been designated carcinogenic, including viruses (hepatitis B, C and HPV), bacteria (Helicobacter pylori) and parasites (De Martel et al., 2012).
Lisa C. Osborne, Laura WegenerParfrey
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023 Introduction: Opisthorchis viverrini (Ov) infection can lead to several disease manifestations of the bile duct including advanced periductal fibrosis (APF) and the most severe complication, cholangiocarcinoma (CCA).
Kanin Salao +7 more
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Prospects for liver fluke vaccines
Experimental Parasitology, 2021 Fasciola spp., Opisthorchis spp. and Clonorchis sinensis are common liver flukes that can cause a variety of diseases, mainly cholangiocarcinoma induced by clonorchiasis and liver damage and associated pathology induced by fascioliasis. Because these trematodes are parasites of humans and domestic animals, they have greatly affected the economy of ...
Jing Zhang, Ying Sun, Jingtong Zheng
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