| haplorchis taichui as a possible etiologic agent of irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms. | the aim of this study is to clarify the clinical features of haplorchis taichui infection in humans in nan province, thailand, and to correlate the clinical features with irritable bowel syndrome (ibs)-like symptoms. in this study area, only h. taichui, but neither other minute intestinal flukes nor small liver flukes were endemic. the degree of infection was determined by fecal egg counts and also by collecting adult worms after deworming. the signs and symptoms of individual patients together ... | 2010 | 20877501 |
| high prevalence of haplorchiasis in nan and lampang provinces, thailand, proven by adult worm recovery from suspected opisthorchiasis cases. | opisthorchiasis, a risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma in humans, is of public health importance in thailand. the annual surveillance reports from nan and lampang provinces, thailand, for the year 2011 showed an opisthorchiasis prevalence of over 70% by recovery of eggs in the feces. this study investigated whether most cases are actually due to minute intestinal flukes (mif) rather than opisthorchis viverrini, as the eggs of both can hardly be differentiated by morphology. fifty and 100 cases fr ... | 2013 | 24516289 |