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Discovery of Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Metacercariae in Second Intermediate Hosts and Surveillance on Fish-Borne Trematode Metacercariae Infections in Mekong Region of Myanmar

by
Ei Ei Phyo Myint
1,
Amornpun Sereemaspun
2,
Joacim Rocklöv
3 and
Choosak Nithikathkul
1,*
1
Tropical and Parasitic Diseases Research Unit, Graduate Studies Division, Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham 44000, Thailand
2
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
3
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Sustainable Health, Umeå University, SE–901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(11), 4108; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114108
Received: 21 April 2020 / Revised: 29 May 2020 / Accepted: 30 May 2020 / Published: 9 June 2020
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Countries of lower Mekong regions are highly alarmed by the spread of fish-borne trematode infections, i.e., small liver flukes and minute intestinal flukes especially in Thailand, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar. Moreover; the incidence of cholangiocarcinoma has also been increasing in the endemic area of liver fluke infections. Only a few reports have been published concerning the fish-borne trematodes infections in the central region of Myanmar. However; there is still a lack of information regarding the status of trematodes infections in second intermediate hosts in the Mekong region of Myanmar. Therefore, we conducted surveillance on the distribution of trematode metacercariae in small cyprinoid fishes collected from the Mekong region of Myanmar. A total of 689 fishes (12 different species of cyprinoid fishes) have been collected and examined by pepsin digestion methods. We discovered four species of fish-borne trematode metacercariae infections, i.e., carcinogenic liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini; minute intestinal flukes, Haplorchis taichui; Haplorchis pumilio and Haplorchoides sp. in Tachileik, the Mekong Region of Myanmar. The outcome of this study could be a useful index for the fish-borne zoonotic trematode epidemiology in the Mekong area. Besides, the results of our study contribute to filling the gap of information necessary for the control and prevention of fish-borne trematode zoonotic infections in the Mekong region. View Full-Text
Keywords: opisthorchiidae; opisthorchis viverrini; minute intestinal flukes (MIF); Heterophyidae opisthorchiidae; opisthorchis viverrini; minute intestinal flukes (MIF); Heterophyidae
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Phyo Myint, E.E.; Sereemaspun, A.; Rocklöv, J.; Nithikathkul, C. Discovery of Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Metacercariae in Second Intermediate Hosts and Surveillance on Fish-Borne Trematode Metacercariae Infections in Mekong Region of Myanmar. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 4108. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114108

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Phyo Myint EE, Sereemaspun A, Rocklöv J, Nithikathkul C. Discovery of Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Metacercariae in Second Intermediate Hosts and Surveillance on Fish-Borne Trematode Metacercariae Infections in Mekong Region of Myanmar. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(11):4108. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114108

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Phyo Myint, Ei Ei, Amornpun Sereemaspun, Joacim Rocklöv, and Choosak Nithikathkul. 2020. "Discovery of Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Metacercariae in Second Intermediate Hosts and Surveillance on Fish-Borne Trematode Metacercariae Infections in Mekong Region of Myanmar" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11: 4108. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114108

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