Liver Flukes: the Malady Neglected

Liver Flukes: the Malady Neglected

Liver fluke disease is a chronic parasitic inflammatory disease of the bile ducts. Infection occurs through ingestion of fluke-infested, fresh-water raw fish. The most well-known species that cause human infection are Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini and Opisthorchis felineus. Adult flukes settle in the small intrahepatic bile ducts and then they live there for 20-30 years. The long-...

Infection with Liver Flukes

of hepatic aflatoxIn Bi and N-nitrosodiethylamine in infected males and 20-40% in infected females (Kirby et al., 1994). Immunohistochemical analysis of aflatoxIn Bi-DNA adducts in parasitized animaIs indicated that the greatest numbers of adducts occurred in the regions of highest CYP2A activity. Studies with a related liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, also showed enhanced cyochrome P450-related...

Liver Flukes and the Microbiota in Cancer

Tumor development is a multifactorial process, influenced by both specific microbial signature. These findings will require verification in genetic and environmental pressures. A small number of chronic infectious agents have been designated carcinogenic, including viruses (hepatitis B, C and HPV), bacteria (Helicobacter pylori) and parasites (De Martel et al., 2012). Further, general microbial...

Liver Flukes of Cattle and Sheep

Economic Entomology, volume 43, pages 850-852. 1950. H. V. Glaborn, J. W. Bowers, R. W. Wells, R. D. Radeleif, and W. J. Nickerson: Meat Contamination From Pesticides, Agricultural Chemistry, volume 8, number 8, pages 37-39, no, 121. 1953. Ray E. Ely, L. A. Moore, R. H. Garter, H. D. Mann, and F. W. Poos: The Effect of Dosage Level and Various Methods of Administration on the Concentration of D...

The Liver Flukes: Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis spp, and Metorchis spp