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Important Foodborne Trematodiases in the Lower Mekong River Basin

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This chapter reviews the important foodborne trematodiases that affect public health in the lower Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), including the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia), Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand. Highly diverse environments, the economy, and political factors in these areas affect the epidemiology and outcomes of human parasite control initiatives. We explore the current scientific understanding of the epidemiology of important foodborne trematodiases. Based on this data, future research should be designed to achieve a more accurate understanding of the epidemiology and transmission to prevent and control these medically important flukes.

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Abbreviations

AEC:

ASEAN Economic Community

Cambodia:

Kingdom of Cambodia

GMS:

Greater Mekong Subregion

Lao PDR:

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Acknowledgments

The authors were supported by a Distinguished Research Professor Grant, Thailand Research Fund (Grant no. DPG6280002).

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    Oranuch Sanpool, Wanchai Maleewong & Pewpan M. Intapan

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand

    Tongjit Thanchomnang

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Sanpool, O., Thanchomnang, T., Maleewong, W., Intapan, P.M. (2019). Important Foodborne Trematodiases in the Lower Mekong River Basin. In: Mehlhorn, H., Klimpel, S. (eds) Parasite and Disease Spread by Major Rivers on Earth. Parasitology Research Monographs, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29061-0_7

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