 Opisthorchis
"Opisthorchis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Opisthorchidae. It consists of the following species: O. felineus, O. noverca (Amphimerus noverca), and O. viverrini. The intermediate hosts are snails, fish, and AMPHIBIANS.
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D009891
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B01.050.500.500.736.715.520.700
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Opisthorchis" by people in Profiles.
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Worasith C, Wangboon C, Duenngai K, Kiatsopit N, Kopolrat K, Techasen A, Sithithaworn J, Khuntikeo N, Loilome W, Namwat N, Yongvanit P, Carlton EJ, Sithithaworn P. Comparing the performance of urine and copro-antigen detection in evaluating Opisthorchis viverrini infection in communities with different transmission levels in Northeast Thailand. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 02; 13(2):e0007186.
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Nawrocki CC, Kiatsopit N, Namsanor J, Sithithaworn P, Carlton EJ. Culture of fecal indicator bacteria from snail intestinal tubes as a tool for assessing the risk of Opisthorchis viverrini infection in Bithynia snail habitat. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Jan 30; 12(1):66.
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Pitaksakulrat O, Kiatsopit N, Laoprom N, Webster BL, Webster JP, Lamberton PHL, Laha T, Andrews RH, Petney TN, Blair D, Carlton EJ, Spear RC, Sithithaworn P. Preliminary genetic evidence of two different populations of Opisthorchis viverrini in Lao PDR. Parasitol Res. 2017 Apr; 116(4):1247-1256.
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