Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a highly lethal adenocarcinoma of the hepatobiliary system,
which can be classified as intrahepatic, perihilar and distal. Each anatomic subtype has …

Fish and aquatic-derived zoonotic diseases have caused considerable problems in the
aquaculture industry and fishery worldwide. In particular, zoonotic diseases can pose …

Acute inflammation is a response to an alteration induced by a pathogen or a physical or
chemical insult, which functions to eliminate the source of the damage and restore …

Background Food-borne trematodiases are a group of neglected tropical diseases caused
by liver, lung, and intestinal parasitic fluke infections. As part of the Global Burden of …

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA) is one of the most common types of hepatobiliary cancers
reported in the world including A sia–P acific region. Early HCCA may be completely …

Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis felineus and Opisthorchis viverrini are the three most
important liver flukes involved in human health, infecting more than 45 million people …

Biliary tract cancers (BTC) are malignancies that arise from the epithelium of the biliary
system and comprise the second most common type of hepatobiliary cancer worldwide. BTC …

Abstract Background. Throughout Asia, there is an unprecedented link between
cholangiocarcinoma and infection with the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini. Multiple …

Recognising the burden helminth infections impose on human populations, and particularly
the poor, major intervention programmes have been launched to control onchocerciasis …

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an aggressive cancer arising from epithelial cells of the bile
duct. Most patients with CCA have an unresectable tumor at the time of diagnosis. In …