Infections of digenetic trematode metacercariae in freshwater fish from Banbyeon-cheon (stream) in Yeongyang-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea
Emmanuel Opara, Ha-Eun Lee, Heon Woo Lee, Mohammed Mebarek Bia, Myoung-Ro Lee, Sunmin Kim, Seongjun Choe · 2026
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Emmanuel Opara and colleagues survey larval flukes in freshwater fish from a stream in Yeongyang-gun, Korea, in work published in 2026. The larvae sit in fish flesh and can infect people who eat the fish raw, so local rates guide food safety advice. The stream, Banbyeon-cheon, had not had a full recent check of this kind.
The team examined 211 fish from 11 species, caught in October 2023, using a digestion method that frees the larvae for counting. More than nine in ten fish carried at least one fluke type, and six kinds appeared in all. One kind filled over half the fish, while the liver fluke of most concern to health stayed at lower levels than older reports found.
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| CREATOR | Emmanuel Opara, Ha-Eun Lee, Heon Woo Lee, Mohammed Mebarek Bia, Myoung-Ro Lee, Sunmin Kim, Seongjun Choe |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14347 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |