Foodborne trematode infections - World Health Organization (WHO)
2021年5月17日 · Foodborne trematodes are zoonotic and become infective only after completing a complex life cycle that involves stages in intermediate, non-human hosts. In all species, the first intermediate host is a freshwater snail.
Foodborne trematode infections - World Health Organization (WHO)
2018年7月26日 · Foodborne trematodes cause infection in humans via the consumption of contaminated food (raw fish, crustaceans or vegetables). Infection can result in severe liver and lung disease and together these diseases are estimated to cause 2 million life years lost to disability and death worldwide every year.
Foodborne trematodiases WPRO - World Health Organization …
Foodborne trematodes cause infection in humans via the consumption of contaminated food (raw fish, crustaceans or vegetables). Infection can result in severe liver and lung disease and together these diseases are estimated to cause 2 million life years lost to …
Promoting prevention and control of foodborne trematode …
Foodborne trematodiases have complex zoonotic life cycles and are closely linked to poor sanitation, poor food hygiene and presence of animal reservoirs in close proximity to communities
Global burden of human foodborne trematodiasis: a systematic …
2012年3月12日 · About 56·2 million people were infected with food-borne trematodes in 2005: 7·9 million had severe sequelae and 7158 died, most from cholangiocarcinoma and cerebral infection. Taken together, we estimate that the global burden of food-borne trematodiasis was 665 352 DALYs (lower estimate 479 496 DALYs; upper estimate 859 051 DALYs).
Control of foodborne trematode infections : report of a WHO …
1995年3月5日 · Draws attention to the serious and growing public health problem posed by foodborne trematode infections. These infections, which affect an estimated 40 million persons, are linked to several serious diseases, including cholangiocarcinoma in Opisthorchis infections, cholangiocarcinoma and gall stone in Clonorchis infection, and severe clinical liver disease in …
Neglected tropical diseases: Fascioliasis - World Health …
2020年7月28日 · It is caused by two species of parasitic flatworms or trematodes that mainly affect the liver. The two species of trematodes that cause fascioliasis ( Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica ) are leaf-shaped worms, large enough to be visible to the naked eye (adult F. hepatica measure 20–30 mm x 13 mm; adult F. gigantica measure 25–75 mm x 12 mm).
Neglected tropical diseases: Paragonimiasis - World Health …
2020年7月28日 · Paragonimiasis, or lung fluke disease, is a foodborne trematode infection caused by a number of species of trematodes belonging to the genus Paragonimus.
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: progress …
2021年12月3日 · Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are worm infections in the group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Schistosomiasis is caused by 6 species of trematode: Schistosoma guineensis, S. haematobium, S. intercalatum, S. japonicum, S. mansoni and S. mekongi. The predominant causative organisms are S. haematobium and S. mansoni. …
Schistosomiasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年2月1日 · Trematode infections is transmitted when larval forms released by freshwater snails penetrate human skin during contact with infested water. An estimated 700 million people are at risk. #BeatNTDs