Epidemiology of food-borne trematodes and other parasite infections in a fishing community on the Nam Ngum reservoir, Lao PDR

• Main Authors: Paiboon Sithithaworn, Keturat Sukavat, Bouakham Vannachone, Krissana Sophonphong, Peter Ben-Embarek, Trevor Petney, Ross Andrews
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=33846809160&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/61808
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Food-borne trematodes (FBT) are important causes of parasitic infections in many Asian countries. Parasitological surveys in Xai Udom, a small fishing community on the Nam Ngum reservoir, Lao People's Democratic Republic, revealed an overall parasitic infection rate in May 1999 of 68.8% (n=173)...