Co-infection with Opisthorchis viverrini and Haplorchis taichui detected by human fecal examination in Chomtong district, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-59

  Wongsawad, Chalobol ^a,b   Phalee, Anawat ^a   Noikong, Waraporn ^a   Chuboon, Suksan ^a   Nithikathkul, Choosak ^c  

^a Faculty of Science   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Co infection; Haplorchis taichui; Human feces; Opisthorchis viverrini

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; HUMAN; MIXED INFECTION; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; THAILAND; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; COINFECTION; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ETHER, ETHYL; FECES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROPHYIDAE; HUMANS; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; TREMATODA;

EID: 82655177938     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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