Opisthorchiasis: An Overlooked Danger e0003563

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 9; no. 4
• Main Authors: Ogorodova, Ludmila M, Fedorova, Olga S, Sripa, Banchob, Mordvinov, Viatcheslav A, Katokhin, Aleksei V, Keiser, Jennifer, Odermatt, Peter, Brindley, Paul J, Mayboroda, Oleg A, Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P, Freidin, Maxim B, Sazonov, Alexey E, Saltykova, Irina V, Pakharukova, Mariya Y, Kovshirina, Yulia V, Kaloulis, Kostas, Krylova, Olga Y, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria, Consortium, the TOPIC
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 01-04-2015
• Subjects: Cancer; Epidemiology; Grants; Industrial development; Infections; Infectious diseases; Meetings; Parasites; Pharmaceutical industry; Public awareness; Public health; Studies; Technology transfer; Tropical diseases; Southeast Asia; United States > US; Europe; China; Laos; Russia
• ISSN: 1935-2727; 1935-2735
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003563

[...]important gaps remain and, in particular, there is a paucity of information regarding O. felineus. [...]an initiative was taken to organize a meeting in Tomsk, a city located in the region of Western Siberia that is highly endemic for O. felineus [4,11], and bring together a multidisciplinary cadre of investigators working on the Opisthorchiidae and infections caused by these fish-borne liver flukes. The study shall concentrate, as well, into sensitive populations such as children, and, hence, expects to deliver findings with a high socioeconomic impact. [...]the Consortium, with appropriate tools, can develop enhanced public awareness through the patient, the doctor, the researcher, the grant sponsor, and the government.