| larval stages of medically important flukes (trematoda) from vientiane province, laos. part ii. cercariae. | the cercariae of five flukes, which are potential human parasites, opisthorchis viverrini (family opisthorchiidae), haplorchis taichui (heterophyidae), schistosoma spindale (schistosomatidae), fasciolopsis buski, and fasciola gigantica (fasciolidae) were found in freshwater snails from laos. the cercariae of the above species, recorded in laos for the first time, are illustrated and their morphology is briefly described. the snail helicorbis umbilicalis represents a new intermediate host of f. b ... | 1992 | 1290378 |
| human opisthorchis and haplorchis infections in laos. | a study of the epidemiology of trematode infections was carried out in vientiane province, laos, comprising examination of snails, fish, cats, and human stools. opisthorchis viverrini cercariae were found in the snail bithynia siamensis goniomphalus (bithyniidae) and haplorchis taichui cercariae in tarebia granifera (thiaridae). o. viverrini metacercariae were recorded in the flesh of 7 species of cyprinid fish; metacercariae of the heterophyid fluke haplorchis taichui were found in 4 species of ... | 1991 | 1755066 |
| mixed infections with opisthorchis viverrini and intestinal flukes in residents of vientiane municipality and saravane province in laos. | faecal examinations for helminth eggs were performed on 1869 people from two riverside localities, vientiane municipality and saravane province, along the mekong river, laos. to obtain adult flukes, 42 people positive for small trematode eggs (opisthorchis viverrini, heterophyid, or lecithodendriid eggs) were treated with a 20-30 mg kg(-1) single dose of praziquantel and purged. diarrhoeic stools were then collected from 36 people (18 in each area) and searched for helminth parasites using stere ... | 2005 | 16153322 |
| fishborne trematode metacercariae detected in freshwater fish from vientiane municipality and savannakhet province, lao pdr. | freshwater fish from vientiane municipality and savannakhet province, lao pdr were examined by the muscle compression and artificial digestion methods to know the infection status with trematode metacercariae. in the fish from savannakhet, 2 species of metacercariae, opisthorchis viverrini and haplorchis taichui, were detected. o. viverrini metacercariae were found in 6 species of fish, puntius brevis, hampala dispar, esomus metallicus, mystacoleucus marginatus, puntioplites falcifer, and cycloc ... | 2008 | 19127332 |
| infection status of zoonotic trematode metacercariae in fishes from vientiane municipality and champasak province in lao pdr. | the infection status of fishborne zoonotic trematode (fzt) metacercariae was investigated in fishes from 2 localities of lao pdr. total 157 freshwater fishes (17 species) were collected in local markets of vientiane municipality and champasak province in december 2010 and july 2011, and each fish was examined by the artificial digestion method. total 6 species of fzt metacercariae, i.e., opisthorchis viverrini, haplorchis taichui, haplorchis yokogawai, haplorchis pumilio, centrocestus formosanus ... | 2015 | 26323843 |
| centrocestus formosanus (heterophyidae): human infections and the infection source in lao pdr. | in lao people's democratic republic (pdr), we detected 7 patients infected with centrocestus formosanus (1-122 adult specimens) after praziquantel treatment and purgation, together with several other trematode species including opisthorchis viverrini and haplorchis taichui. the patients were all men, 23-42 yr-of-age. three subjects were from vientiane municipality and 1 each were from khammouane, saravane, champassak, and xiengkhouang province. the patients had frequently eaten raw freshwater fi ... | 2013 | 23116489 |