Cystatins from the Human Liver Fluke Opisthorchis viverrini: Molecular Characterization and Functional Analysis [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 A high incidence of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) has been observed in Thailand. This usually rare cancer has been associated with infection with the human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini.
Amornrat Geadkaew-Krenc +6 more
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Fish and Food-Fatale: Food-borne Trematode Opisthorchis viverrini and Cholangiocarcinoma [PDF]
Helminthologia, 2023 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of communicable diseases with a long history with human beings. NTDs are the proxy of poverty since they affect those in low-income and extreme-poverty populations, as those populations lack access to proper
Tan S., Machrumnizar M.
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Schistosome and liver fluke derived catechol-estrogens and helminth associated cancers [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2014 Infection with helminth parasites remains a persistent public health problem in developing countries. Three of these pathogens, the liver flukes Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini and the blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium, are of particular ...
José M Correia da Costa +13 more
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Updated molecular phylogenetic data for Opisthorchis spp. (Trematoda: Opisthorchioidea) from ducks in Vietnam [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background An opisthorchiid liver fluke was recently reported from ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) in Binh Dinh Province of Central Vietnam, and referred to as “Opisthorchis viverrini-like”.
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Development of a PCR assay and pyrosequencing for identification of important human fish-borne trematodes and its potential use for detection in fecal specimens [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Small liver and minute intestinal flukes are highly prevalent in Southeast Asia. Definitive diagnosis of parasite infection is usually achieved parasitologically by finding the fluke eggs in feces.
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Knowledge gaps and risk behaviors among cat owners in Opisthorchis viverrini endemic areas: Implications for public health interventions [PDF]
Open Veterinary JournalBackground: According to the World Health Organization's "A roadmap for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030," controlling Opisthorchis viverrini infection in humans requires interventions targeting animal reservoirs, particularly cats ...
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Population genetic structuring in Opisthorchis viverrini over various spatial scales in Thailand and Lao PDR. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 Khon Kaen Province in northeast Thailand is known as a hot spot for opisthorchiasis in Southeast Asia. Preliminary allozyme and mitochondrial DNA haplotype data from within one endemic district in this Province (Ban Phai), indicated substantial genetic ...
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Elevated Plasma IL-6 Associates with Increased Risk of Advanced Fibrosis and Cholangiocarcinoma in Individuals Infected by Opisthorchis viverrini [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 Opisthorchis viverrini is considered among the most important of the food-borne trematodes due to its strong association with advanced periductal fibrosis and bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma).
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The genome sequence of the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini (Poirier, 1886) Stiles & Hassall, 1896 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a specimen of Opisthorchis viverrini (liver fluke; Platyhelminthes; Trematoda; Opisthorchiida; Opisthorchiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 627.20 megabases.
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PLoS ONE, 2017 Opisthorchis viverrini is endemic in the South East Asian region, especially in Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Vietnam and Thailand, but there have been no previous records from Myanmar.
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