Paragonimus and paragonimiasis in Asia: an update

A Yoshida, PN Doanh, H Maruyama - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Paragonimiasis, or lung fluke disease, is a typical food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by
infection with trematodes belonging to the genus Paragonimus. More than 50 species of …

General overview of the current status of human foodborne trematodiasis

JY Chai, BK Jung - Parasitology, 2022 - cambridge.org
Foodborne trematodes (FBT) of public health significance include liver flukes (Clonorchis
sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, O. felineus, Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica), lung flukes …

A comparison between mitochondrial DNA and the ribosomal internal transcribed regions in prospecting for cryptic species of platyhelminth parasites

R Vilas, CD Criscione, MS Blouin - Parasitology, 2005 - cambridge.org
We examined the relative merits of mitochondrial DNA loci and ribosomal DNA internal
transcribed spacers for their use in prospecting for cryptic species of platyhelminth parasites …

North American Paragonimiasis (Caused by Paragonimus kellicotti) in the Context of Global Paragonimiasis

GW Procop - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Paragonimus species are highly evolved parasites with a complex life cycle that involves at
least three different hosts, ie, snails, crustaceans, and mammals. The adult forms of …

Lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus: ancient and re-emerging pathogens

D Blair - Parasitology, 2022 - cambridge.org
The title of this article refers to Table 1 in Zhou (2022, Infectious diseases of poverty:
progress achieved during the decade gone and perspectives for the future. Infectious …

Epidemiology of trematode infections: an update

JY Chai, BK Jung - Digenetic trematodes, 2019 - Springer
Digenetic trematodes infecting humans are more than 91 species which belong to 46
genera all over the world. According to their habitat in definitive hosts, they are classified as …

Paragonimiasis in Japan: a twelve-year retrospective case review (2001-2012)

E Nagayasu, A Yoshida, A Hombu, Y Horii… - Internal …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective Paragonimiasis, or lung fluke infection, is a food-borne parasitic disease caused
by infection with trematodes belonging to the genus Paragonimus. Although paragonimiasis …

Postmortem diagnostic investigation of disease in free-ranging marine turtle populations: a review of common pathologic findings and protocols

M Flint, JC Patterson-Kane, CJ Limpus… - Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past few decades, there have been increasing numbers of reports of diseases in
marine turtles. Furthermore, in recent years, there have been documented instances of …

Paragonimus & paragonimiasis in India

TS Singh, H Sugiyama, A Rangsiruji - Indian journal of medical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Ever since the discovery of the first indigenous case in 1981, paragonimiasis has gained
recognition as a significant food borne parasitic zoonosis in India. The data available on the …

[HTML][HTML] Paragonimus and its hosts in China: an update

XJ Zhou, Q Yang, QH Tan, LY Zhang, LB Shi, JX Zou - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Paragonimiasis is an important foodborne parasitic disease. Over 50 species of
Paragonimus have been reported worldwide, and China has the widest distribution and …