| discovery of opisthorchis lobatus (trematoda: opisthorchiidae): new recorded species of small liver flukes in the greater mekong sub-region. | abstract metacercariae, morphologically similar to those of small liver flukes, were found to parasitize red-tailed snakehead fish, channa limbata, collected from the city of vientiane, lao pdr. adult worms that were recovered from experimentally-infected hamsters showed characteristics distinctly different from opisthorchis viverrini but closely similar to opisthorchis lobatus, which was first reported in poultry (anas sp.) from pakistan. the present study aimed to redescribe o. lobatus based o ... | 2011 | 21682557 |