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Current assessment of the systematics and population genetics of Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) and its first intermediate host Bithynia siamensis sensu lato (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2022
Saijuntha Weerachai, Andrews Ross H, Sithithaworn Paiboon, Petney Trevor N
Abstract excerpt
The group 1 carcinogen, the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini is the causative agent of opisthorchiasis and subsequent bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma; CCA), which is an important public health problem in Southeast Asia. Bithynia snails are known to be the sole intermediate host of O. viverrini, and distributed throughout endemic areas of opisthorchiasis. Since 2001, the genetic variation investigation of...
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