Genetic markers for studies on the systematics and population genetics of snails, Bithynia spp., the first intermediate hosts of Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand.

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.02.002

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Genetic markers for studies on the systematics and population genetics of snails, Bithynia spp., the first intermediate hosts of Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand.

Acta tropica - 1 May 2011

Kiatsopit Nadda, Sithithaworn Paiboon, Boonmars Thidarut, Tesana Smarn, Chanawong Arunwadee, Saijuntha Weerachai, Petney Trevor N, Andrews Ross H

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Snails are the critical amplifying hosts of the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini, the causative agent of hepatobiliary disease and cholangiocarcinoma in the Mekong area of Southeast Asia. Bithynia funiculata, B. siamensis goniomphalos and B. s. siamensis are the first intermediate hosts of O. viverrini in Thailand. Morphological similarity between Bithynia species and subspecies creates problems for their...

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