Morphological and molecular identification of the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini in the first intermediate host Bithynia snails and its prevalence in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. Issue 3 (June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boonmekam, Dusit; Namchote, Suluck; Matsuda, Hajime; Kirinoki, Masashi; Miyamoto, Kazuko; Sinuon, Muth; Krailas, Duangduen
• Is Part Of: Parasitology international. Volume 66:Issue 3(2017:Jun.)
• Page Start: 319
• Page End: 323
• Publication Date: 2017-06
• Subjects: Parasitology -- Periodicals; Parasites -- Periodicals; Parasitic Diseases -- Periodicals; Parasitology -- Periodicals; Parasitologie -- Périodiques; 571.99905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2017.01.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1383-5769

Abstract

Graphical abstract: Highlights: Bithyniidae freshwater snails from Kamphong Cham province in Cambodia were studied on liver fluke infection. Cercariae belonged to Opisthorchis viverrini confirmed by morphological and molecular analysis. Study confirms O. viverrini transmission in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia.