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Opisthorchis viverrini and opisthorchiasis: A historical review and future perspective

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2003-01-01

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Conference Paper

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0001706X

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10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.01.001

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2-s2.0-0242661368

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Mahidol University

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Bibliographic Citation

Acta Tropica. Vol.88, No.3 (2003), 171-176

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E. S. Upatham, V. Viyanant Opisthorchis viverrini and opisthorchiasis: A historical review and future perspective. Acta Tropica. Vol.88, No.3 (2003), 171-176. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.01.001 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/20936

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Opisthorchis viverrini and opisthorchiasis: A historical review and future perspective

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E. S. Upatham
 V. Viyanant

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Burapha University
 Mahidol University

Abstract

Opisthorchiasis is caused by the liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini. The fluke afflicts approximately seven million inhabitants in northeastern and northern Thailand. The fluke utilizes, respectively, freshwater snails and cyprinoid fish as its first and second intermediate hosts. Man is the accidental definitive host who acquires infection through the consumption of improperly cooked fish. Information pertaining to the history, the life-cycle, the epidemiology and transmission dynamics, and diagnosis of the fluke is compiled and presented. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Immunology and Microbiology

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