As gastroduodenoscopy performed more frequently, case reports of human echinostomiasis are increasing in Korea. A Korean woman presented at a local clinic with complaints of abdominal pain and discomfort that had persisted for 2 weeks. Under gastroduodenoscopy, two motile flukes were found attached on the duodenal bulb, and retrieved with endoscopic forceps. She had history of eating raw frog m...

What is the relevance of Schistosoma for disease? Helminthes of the genus Schistosoma are the cause of schistosomiasis, originally termed bilharzia in honor of Theodor Bilharz, who first described these worm parasites in 1851. Aside from malaria, schistosomiasis is the most prevalent parasitic infection in the world, affecting over 200 million people in 76 countries of the tropics and subtropic...

Several parasitic species are well known to have carcinogenic properties, namely; Schistosoma hematobium (squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder) and the liver flukes Opisthorchis and Chlonorchis (cholangiocarcinoma). A large number of parasites are known to colonize the gastrointestinal tract. We sought to review the evidence that implicates these parasites in gastrointestinal neoplasia. Schis...

Abstract Fasciolosis and hydatidosis are the world’s most common zoonotic major parasitic ailments of domesticated animals with financial public health implications. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 384 randomly selected cattle slaughtered at Wolaita Sodo municipal abattoir to estimate prevalence associated risk factors for co-infection fasciolosis using ante- postmortem examination tec...

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), also known as bile duct cancer arising along the intraor extra-hepatic biliary tree. It accounts for approximately 10–25% of all hepatobiliary malignancies worldwide (Gatto et al., 2010). CCA remains an important public health problem in countries of mainland Southeast Asia, especially in northeast Thailand, which has been reported the world’s highest incidence of CCA ...

In tropical and subtropical countries, the husbandry practices and the environment is ideal for parasite infestation and subsequent reduced productivity in cattle. The most important parasites are liver flukes, schistosomes, amphistomes, cestodes and GI tract nematodes. Oxfendazole is the sulphoxide metabolite of fenbendazole and responsible for that efficacy spectrum of fenbendazole. Oxfendazo...

Small liver and minute intestinal flukes are highly prevalent in Southeast Asia, and in mixed infections, their eggs are difficult to differentiate morphologically in fecal samples. PCR assays targeting the ITS regions in ribosomal DNA were designed to identify and differentiate species. The PCR amplicons of Opisthorchis viverrini, Clonorchis sinensis, Haplorchis pumilio, and Haplorchis taichui...

An adult female long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis live-stranded in La Jolla, California, USA, on July 30, 2012 and subsequently died on the beach. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed gas bubble accumulation in the vasculature, organ parenchyma, mandibular fat pads, and subdermal sheath as well as a gas-filled cavity within the liver, mild caudal abdominal eff...