Scientists have predicted that the rate of foodborne trematode infections will remain stable up to 2030.
Foodborne trematodiases, including clonorchiasis, fascioliasis, fasciolopsiasis, opisthorchiasis, and paragonimiasis, are a neglected public health problem, particularly in the WHO South East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
Infections from the parasites typically occur through ingestion
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Researchers have detailed an outbreak that sickened dozens of people in Italy in 2022 caused by a parasite after people ate fish in a restaurant.
Opisthorchis felineus is a trematode causing a foodborne infection transmitted by eating raw or partially cooked infected freshwater fish.
An opisthorchiasis outbreak occurred in May 2022
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A regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) has produced guidance to help drive the elimination of the health burden associated with a parasite.
Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease that affects people and various animals. It is caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Researchers have increased knowledge of the lifecycle of some parasites by studying snails in Thailand. These parasites can cause severe infections in humans who consume raw or improperly cooked fish that have fed on infected snails.
Parasitic flatworms were found to use several species of thiarid snails, commonly found in
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The first sets of food safety risk communication and country-specific action plans to tackle the significant public health problem of foodborne parasites have been identified in Asia.
They were discussed at a regional meeting to accelerate prevention and control of neglected foodborne parasitic zoonoses in certain Asian countries in 2018
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