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ReviewInfection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases2016

The role of evolutionary biology in research and control of liver flukes in Southeast Asia.

Pierre Echaubard, Banchob Sripa, Frank F Mallory, Bruce A Wilcox

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Review in Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Evolutionary View of Liver Pathology.Evolutionary applications · 2024
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  5. DoesParasitology · 2022
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  11. The Battle of Worldviews: A Case Study of Liver Fluke Infection in Khon Kaen, Thailand.Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Pierre EchaubardWHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis, Tropical Disease Research laboratory, Department of Experimental Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; Department of Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada; Global Health Asia, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: pn_echaubard@laurentian.ca.
Banchob SripaWHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis, Tropical Disease Research laboratory, Department of Experimental Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Department of Parasitology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
Frank F MalloryDepartment of Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada.
Bruce A WilcoxGlobal Health Asia, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.

Funding

Pathogenesis of Opisthorchiasis induced persistent periductal fibrosis and CCAP50AI098639 · NIAID · KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY · PI SRIPA, BANCHOB · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS P50 AI098639
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stimulated largely by the availability of new technology, biomedical research at the molecular-level and chemical-based control approaches arguably dominate the field of infectious diseases. Along with this, the proximate view of disease etiology predominates to the exclusion of the ultimate, evolutionary biology-based, causation perspective. Yet, historically and up to today, research in evolutionary biology has provided much of the foundation for understanding the mechanisms underlying disease transmission dynamics, virulence, and the design of effective integrated control strategies. Here we review the state of knowledge regarding the biology of Asian liver Fluke-host relationship, parasitology, phylodynamics, drug-based interventions and liver Fluke-related cancer etiology from an evolutionary biology perspective. We consider how evolutionary principles, mechanisms and research methods could help refine our understanding of clinical disease associated with infection by Liver Flukes as well as their transmission dynamics. We identify a series of questions for an evolutionary biology research agenda for the liver Fluke that should contribute to an increased understanding of liver Fluke-associated diseases. Finally, we describe an integrative evolutionary medicine approach to liver Fluke prevention and control highlighting the need to better contextualize interventions within a broader human health and sustainable development framework.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionAnimalsAnthelminticsClonorchiasisClonorchis sinensisFasciola hepaticaFascioliasisHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansLiverMolluscacidesNiclosamideOpisthorchiasisOpisthorchisPraziquantelSnailsAnthelminticsMolluscacidesNiclosamidePraziquantelEpidemiologyEvolutionHost-parasiteInfectious diseaseOpisthorchisTransmission

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PMID27197053
PMCPMC4971136

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