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Enhanced liver cell mutations in trematode-infected Big Blue transgenic mice.
Mutation research - 25 May 1998
Gentile J M, Gentile G J, Nannenga B, Johnson M, Blankespoor H, Montero R
Abstract excerpt
Parasite infections in humans have long been associated with specific types of cancers. Schistosoma hematobium is a known inducer of urinary bladder cancer, Helicobacter pylori is a gastric carcinogen, and hepatitis B virus and Opisthorchis viverrini are causative agents of liver cell cancers. Another liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, has also been identified as a neoplastic risk agent, primarily in animals. We...
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