Toward integrated opisthorchiasis control in northeast Thailand: The Lawa project
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Toward integrated opisthorchiasis control in northeast Thailand: the Lawa project.
Human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, a food-borne trematode is a significant public health problem in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand. Despite a long history of control programmes in Thailand and a nationwide reduction, O. viverrini infection prevalence remains high in the northeastern provinces. Therefore, a new strategy for controlling the liver fluke infection using the EcoHea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Tropica
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0001-706X
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.07.017