Technical Appendix Table 1. Prevalence and intensity of Opisthorchis viverrini fluke metacercariae in fish collected in several districts of Phu Yen province,Vietnam Fish species Collection site district/ commune Prevalence, % (No. infected/total no. examined) Infection intensity (metacercariae/fish) Type of water body Other zoonotic metacercaria infections* Crucian carp (Carasius auratus) *No ...

Sequences of the complete protein-coding portions of the mitochondrial (mt) genome were analysed for 6 species of cestodes (including hydatid tapeworms and the pork tapeworm) and 5 species of trematodes (blood flukes and liver- and lung-flukes). A near-complete sequence was also available for an additional trematode (the blood fluke Schistosoma malayensis). All of these parasites belong to a la...

determination of eggs of opisthorchiid and heterophyid flukes using scanning electron microscopy. Dekumyoy P, et al. Discovery of Opis-thorchis lobatus (Trematoda: Opisthorchi-idae): new recorded species of small liver flukes in the greater Mekong sub-region. diagnosis of opisthorchiid and hetero-phyid metacercariae (Trematoda) infecting fish of cyprinid fish from Nam Ngum Dam. Foodborne Tremat...

The aim of this paper is to study the bending properties of tail flukes of a dolphin. The bending test was carried out to obtain the displacements on different test points of a fluke. The Young’s moduli of the ligamentous layer and the dense connective tissue in the flukes were obtained from the tensile test and the compression test. In order to establish an FEM model for bending deformation of...

Several infectious agents are considered to be causes of cancer in humans. The fraction of the different types of cancer, and of all cancers worldwide and in different regions, has been estimated using several methods; primarily by reviewing the evidence for the strength of the association (relative risk) and the prevalence of infection in different world areas. The estimated total of infection...

Dolphins have high propulsion and maneuvering performances. Dolphin’s tail flukes play an important role to generate propulsive force. We paid attention to a dolphin that lost most part of its tail flukes by disease kept in an aquarium, Okinawa, Japan. The dolphin could swim by attaching artificial tail flukes as well as a normal dolphin. The objective of this study is to discuss the effectiven...

BACKGROUND Fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZT) infections including liver- and minute intestinal flukes are common in Southeast Asia in both humans and domestic animals eating raw fish and since 2010, the liver flukes are recognised as neglected tropical diseases by WHO. Mass drug treatment with praziquantel is advised for humans, but no recommendations for control of the FZT in the reservoir ...