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Liver fluke-induced choledocholithiasis with biliary ductal obstruction
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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Background Reports of disease and production losses associated with Fasciola hepatica, the common liver fluke, have increased in recent years. Resistance to triclabendazole, one of the principal veterinary medicines used to prevent losses, has been ...
L. Coyne +3 more
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Oxfendazole flukicidal activity in pigs [PDF]
Although oxfendazole (OFZ) is a well know broad-spectrum benzimidazole anthelmintic, the assessment of its potential trematodicidal activity remains unexplored.
Alvarez, Luis Ignacio +9 more
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The liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis inhabits the bile ducts, where bile concentration disparities across the fluke cell membrane can cause bile intoxication. Sodium-bile acid co-transporter (SBAT) plays a crucial role in bile acid recycling.
Fuhong Dai +8 more
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Liver fluke infection in northwestern Tasmania [PDF]
In 1979, liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica was reported in home-bred cattle, grazing coastal country at Mt Cameron West. Subsequent investigations confirmed the presence of the obligate intermediate host snail, Austropeplea tomentosa, in the draining water ...
Obendorf, DL
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Prospects for liver fluke vaccines
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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Countries of lower Mekong regions are highly alarmed by the spread of fish-borne trematode infections, i.e., small liver flukes and minute intestinal flukes especially in Thailand, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar.
Ei Ei Phyo Myint +3 more
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Infection with the food-borne liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini is the principal risk factor (IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, 2012) for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) in the Lower Mekong River Basin countries including ...
Patpicha Arunsan +12 more
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Liver fluke infection caused by Opisthorchis viverrini is recognized as a potential risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). The National Strategic Plan to Control Liver Fluke Infection and Cholangiocarcinoma has implemented microscopic-based stool ...
Saiwasan Buathong +6 more
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Rumen fluke in Irish sheep: prevalence, risk factors and molecular identification of two paramphistome species [PDF]
peer-reviewedBackground Rumen flukes are trematode parasites found globally; in tropical and sub-tropical climates, infection can result in paramphistomosis, which can have a deleterious impact on livestock. In Europe, rumen fluke is not
Lawlor, Kim +5 more
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