Opisthorchiasis and Opisthorchis-associated cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand and Laos

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Sripa, Banchob ^a   Bethony, Jeffrey M ^b   Sithithaworn, Paiboon ^a   Kaewkes, Sasithorn ^a   Mairiang, Eimorn ^a   Loukas, Alex ^c   Mulvenna, Jason ^c   Laha, Thewarach ^a   Hotez, Peter J ^b   Brindley, Paul J ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Cholangiocarcinoma; Clonorchis; Food borne trematodiases; Hepatobiliary disease; Liver cancer; Liver fluke; Opisthorchiasis; Opisthorchis; Praziquantel

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN F; GRANULIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLONORCHIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FIBROSIS; FISH; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; LAOS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIDUCTAL FIBROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THAILAND; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; THAILAND;

LAOS; THAILAND;

CLONORCHIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OPISTHORCHIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; TREMATODA;

EID: 79958016674     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.07.006     Document Type: Review

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