infectionsparasitesparasitosessymptomstrematode infectionsLIVER-FLUKE INFECTION IN MAN. By - Idris Jones M.D., M.Sc. Lond., M.R.C.P., Peter Smith M.B. Adelaidedoi:10.1016/S0140-6736(63)91868-3Jones, IdrisSmith, PeterElsevier Ltd.Lancet
The meaning of LIVER FLUKE is any of various trematode worms (such as Fasciola hepatica) that invade the mammalian liver.
Children living in some parts of Asia are at higher risk of bile duct cancer due to the risk of liver fluke infection. Jay N. Yepuri, Health, 27 Oct. 2024 Another example is the lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum), which infects the brains of ants, altering their behavior to...
Worldwide distribution of liver disease prevalence. Prevalence of (a) drug-induced liver injury (DILI), (b) hepatitis B virus infection (HBV), (c) hepatitis C virus infection (HCV), (d) metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), (e) alcohol-associated liver disease (A...
cattle and humans. Humans ingest the fluke larvae by eating infested vegetation. Immature flukes penetrate the intestinal wall and pass into the bile ducts via the liver. They mature whilst ingesting blood and tissue debris. About 3 or 4 months after infection, the flukes produce eggs which pass...
Liver Fluke Infection Liver fluke infection is uncommon in cats and rare in dogs. Infection usually is asymptomatic but may cause clinical biliary tract disease when associated with marked biliary fibrosis, cholangitis, cholangiohepatitis, or extrahepatic bile duct obstruction. Cholangiocarcinoma has been...
Liver flukePrediction modelLaboratory indicatorsNomogramLogistic regressionHepatic clonorchiasis is one of the most prevalent foodborne parasitic diseases in China and is often overlooked because the initial symptoms are not obvious. In this study, a multivariate model for the early prediction of disease...
Dao TT, Abatih EN, Nguyen TT, Tran HT, Gabriel S, Smit S, Le PN, Dorny P (2016) Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini-like fluke infection in ducks in Binh Dinh Province, central Vietnam. Korean J Parasitol 54:357–361 Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Dao TTH, Nguyen TTG...
That said, liver fluke infection has a significant impact on cattle health and productivity, in terms of growth rate, fertility and milk production, for example. 5.1.1. Cattle The choice of which flukicide to use will depend on a number of factors: • the efficacy spectrum of the drug ...
An important public health issue in Southeast Asia is opisthorchiasis, the infection from liver fluke spread by ingesting raw or undercooked freshwater fish. This study investigated the effects of the Ubolratana reservoir in Thailand on Opisthorchis viverrini infection through the analyses of fish ...