The current status of opisthorchiasis and clonorchiasis in the Mekong Basin

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-16

  Sithithaworn, Paiboon ^a   Andrews, Ross H ^a   Van De, Nguyen ^b   Wongsaroj, Thitima ^c   Sinuon, Muth ^d   Odermatt, Peter ^e   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a   Liang, Song ^f   Brindley, Paul J ^g   Sripa, Banchob ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d Centre for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonorchis sinensis; Current statatus; Lower Mekong Basin; Opisthorchis viverrini; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CAMBODIA; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LAO PDR; MEKONG BASIN; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; VIET NAM; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEKONG VALLEY; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CLONORCHIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OPISTHORCHIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI;

EID: 82655181813     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.08.014     Document Type: Review

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