Liver fluke infections by Amphimerus sp. (Digenea: Opisthorchiidae) in definitive and fish intermediate hosts in Manabí province, Ecuador.

• Main Authors: Daniel Romero-Alvarez (Author), Gabriela Valverde-Muñoz (Author), Manuel Calvopina (Author), Maira Rojas (Author), William Cevallos (Author), Hideo Kumazawa (Author), Hidekazu Takagi (Author), Hiromu Sugiyama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Amphimerus sp. is a fluke that dwells in the biliary tracts of vertebrate definitive hosts including humans, domestic, and wild mammals in Latin America. Opisthorchiid liver infections are rarely studied in the Americas confirming its status as a neglected tropical disease. In Ecuador, small tremato...