Literature DB >> 23249682

Cryptic and asymptomatic Opisthorchis felineus infections.

Orlando Armignacco1, Fabrizio Ferri, Maria Angeles Gomez-Morales, Luciano Caterini, Edoardo Pozio.   

Abstract

We describe the diagnostic difficulties experienced during an opisthorchiasis outbreak. Of 31 infected individuals, 61.3% were asymptomatic, and in the 12 symptomatic individuals, the duration of non-pathognomonic symptoms was shorter than 4 weeks. Serology by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction fecal analysis were shown to be the most sensitive diagnostic tools.

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Year:  2012        PMID: 23249682      PMCID: PMC3583331          DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0280

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN: 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


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Journal:  Parasitol Res       Date:  2006-10-24       Impact factor: 2.289

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Journal:  Parasitol Int       Date:  2011-08-10       Impact factor: 2.230

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Review 8.  Opisthorchis felineus and Metorchis bilis are the main agents of liver fluke infection of humans in Russia.

Authors:  Viatcheslav A Mordvinov; Natalia I Yurlova; Ludmila M Ogorodova; Aleksey V Katokhin
Journal:  Parasitol Int       Date:  2011-08-05       Impact factor: 2.230

9.  Human illnesses caused by Opisthorchis felineus flukes, Italy.

Authors:  Orlando Armignacco; Luciano Caterini; Gianluca Marucci; Fabrizio Ferri; Giuliana Bernardini; Giampaolo Natalini Raponi; Alessandra Ludovisi; Teresa Bossù; Maria A Gomez Morales; Edoardo Pozio
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2008-12       Impact factor: 6.883

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3.  Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy for differential assessment of liver abnormalities induced by Opisthorchis felineus in an animal model.

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Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2017-07-14

4.  Opisthorchis felineus infection provokes time-dependent accumulation of oxidative hepatobiliary lesions in the injured hamster liver.

Authors:  Mariya Y Pakharukova; Oxana G Zaparina; Yaroslav K Kapushchak; Nina V Baginskaya; Viatcheslav A Mordvinov
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2019-05-14       Impact factor: 3.240

5.  Validation of an excretory/secretory antigen based-ELISA for the diagnosis of Opisthorchis felineus infection in humans from low trematode endemic areas.

Authors:  Maria Angeles Gómez-Morales; Alessandra Ludovisi; Marco Amati; Edoardo Pozio
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-05-09       Impact factor: 3.240

6.  Opisthorchis felineus and Metorchis bilis Metacercariae in Cyprinid Fish Leuciscus idus in Nura-Sarysu River, Kazakhstan.

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