Emerging Infectious Diseases

Scientists at University of Copenhagen publish research in emerging infectious diseases

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 5th, 2008

"Although fishborne zoonotic trematodes that infect the liver are well documented in Vietnam, intestinal fishborne zoonotic trematodes are unreported. Recent discoveries of the metacercarial stage of these flukes in wild and farmed fish prompted an assessment of their risk to a community that eats raw fish," investigators in Frederiksberg, Denmark report.

"A fecal survey of 615 persons showed a trematode egg prevalence of 64.9%. Infected persons were treated to expel liver and intestinal parasites for specific identification. The liver trematode Clonorchis sinensis was recovered from 51.5%, but >= 1 of 4 intestinal species of the family Heterophyidae was recovered...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2008-02-05)

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