[PDF][PDF] Not just a fluke

MK Magill, ED Roberts - The Journal of the American Board …, 1998 - Am Board Family Med
The large immigrant population and increasing international travel by North Americans
mean that family physicians commonly see patients with diseases once considered exotic or …

Liver Fluke Infection in a Russian Immigrant

D Lalezari, T Simmons, A CPI - patientcareonline.com
Discussion While rare in the United States, parasitic infections of the human biliary tract are
endemic in many parts of the world, including Eastern Asia, Africa, Latin America, Eastern …

Human liver flukes

D Harrington, PHL Lamberton… - … Lancet Gastroenterology & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Liver fluke infections occur in people worldwide. In some low-income regions, a combination
of ecological, agricultural, and culinary factors leads to a very high prevalence of infection …

[HTML][HTML] Screening US Vietnam veterans for liver fluke exposure 5 decades after the end of the war

G Psevdos, FM Ford, ST Hong - Infectious Diseases in Clinical …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background Clonorchiasis caused by Clonorchis sinensis and opisthorchiasis caused by
Opisthorchis viverrini are prevalent in the Far East, including Vietnam. The causal …

A Man with Jaundice and Abdominal Tumor

KL Liu, TC Lee, TY Cheng, CW Lee… - Clinical Infectious …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The procedure of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiographic drainage placement was
performed smoothly without bleeding. Meticulous observation of the blood clot–like …

Comments on “screening US Vietnam veterans for liver fluke exposure 5 decades after the end of the war”

TE Nash, D Sullivan, E Mitre, E Garges… - Infectious Diseases in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
To the Editor: We have read with great interest the article by Psevdos et al1 on screening US
Veterans of the Vietnam War for exposure to liver flukes, an endemic public health issue in …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, attitude and practice related to liver fluke infection in northeast Thailand

N Kaewpitoon, SJ Kaewpitoon… - World Journal of …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) in prevention and control of
liver fluke infection in northeast Thailand. METHODS: A descriptive KAP survey pertaining to …

Responding to Letter “Comments on 'Screening US Vietnam Veterans for Liver Fluke Exposure 5 Decades After the End of the War'” by Theodore E. Nash, David …

G Psevdos, FM Ford, ST Hong - Infectious Diseases in Clinical …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Liver Fluke Exposure 5 Decades After the End of the War.” We agree with Nash et al that our
pilot study's conclusion may have potentially overstated the strength of our findings. We only …

[PDF][PDF] Liver, lung, and intestinal fluke infections

JD Maclean, J Cross, S Mahanty - Tropical Infectious …, 1999 - scholar.archive.org
The trematodes that infect liver, lung, and intestine are all food-borne. Freshwater fish,
crustaceans, and aquatic vegetation are the sources of human infection. Fluke diseases also …

Predictive risk factors towards liver fluke infection among the people in Kamalasai District, Kalasin Province, Thailand

W Wichaiyo, W Parnsila… - SAGE Open …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Liver fluke disease caused by Opisthorchis viverrini remains a major public
health problem with its crucial risk factors caused by some individual habits or false beliefs …