Journal article
Trematode infections: liver and lung flukes.
- Fürst T University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland.
- Duthaler U
- Sripa B
- Utzinger J
- Keiser J
- 2012-05-29
Published in:
- Infectious disease clinics of North America. - 2012
Animals
Anthelmintics
Humans
Liver Diseases, Parasitic
Lung Diseases, Parasitic
Trematoda
Trematode Infections
English
Food-borne trematodiases are an emerging public health problem in Southeast Asia and Latin America and of growing importance for travel clinics in Europe and North America. The disease is caused by chronic infections with liver, lung, and intestinal flukes. This article focuses on the most important liver and lung flukes that parasitize man, namely Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola gigantica, Fasciola hepatica, Opisthorchis felineus, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Paragonimus spp. The article describes the epidemiology of major liver and lung fluke infections, including current distribution, burden, life cycle, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnostic approaches, and current tools for prevention, treatment, and control.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1016/j.idc.2012.03.008
- PMID 22632646
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/79568
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