Carcinogenic human liver fluke: Current status of Opisthorchis viverrini metacercariae in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1235-1240

  Kaewpitoon, Natthawut ^a   Kaewpitoon, Soraya J ^a   Ueng arporn, Naporn ^a   Rujirakul, Ratana ^a   Churproong, Seekaow ^a   Matrakool, Likit ^a   Auiwatanagul, Suprakrit ^a   Sripa, Banchob ^b  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic human liver fluke; Metacercariae; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; FISH DISEASE; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; METACERCARIA; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITOLOGY; SEA FOOD; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRINIDAE; FISH DISEASES; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METACERCARIAE; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; SEAFOOD; THAILAND;

EID: 84873028334     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1235     Document Type: Article

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