Opisthorchis felineus, an emerging infection in Italy and its implication for the European Union

Acta Tropica

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-62

  Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Armignacco, Orlando ^b   Ferri, Fabrizio ^b   Gomez Morales, Maria Angeles ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Italy, European Union; Liver fluke; Opisthorchiasis; Opisthorchis felineus

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FLATWORM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PARASITIC DISEASE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

COOKING; EATING HABIT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FECES ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; ITALY; METACERCARIA; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; SNAIL; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ITALY; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; ZOONOSES;

EUROPE; ITALY;

BASOMMATOPHORA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; OPISTHORCHIS FELINEUS; TINCA; TINCA TINCA; TREMATODA; VULPES;

EID: 84873700753     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.01.005     Document Type: Review

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