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Livestock Trade

The movement of livestock across borders, which can contribute to the spread of Eurytrema spp.

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Jan 17, 2026
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What treatment options and clinical outcomes have been reported for humans with pancreatic or biliary fluke infections, including case series and therapeutic follow-ups?

Human infections with biliary or pancreatic flukes are treated with a mix of antiparasitic drugs—principally praziquantel for clonorchiasis/opisthorchiasis and triclabendazole for fascioliasis—supplem...

Jan 16, 2026

Could routine stool tests miss Eurytrema infections and what diagnostic methods improve detection in humans and animals?

Routine stool (coproparasitological) tests can and do miss Eurytrema infections because standard fecal methods have low sensitivity for detecting the low egg output of pancreatic flukes, but modified ...

Jan 12, 2026

What is the documented prevalence of Eurytrema spp. in livestock by country, and how does that correlate with human entomophagy practices?

Eurytrema spp. are pancreatic trematodes with a documented, patchy but global presence in ruminant livestock—reports span Asia, Europe, Russia and South America—with measured herd- or abattoir-level p...