HEALTH
Researcher calls for greater focus on deadly liver flukes
KHON KAEN : A tropical disease researcher at Khon Kaen University has called on health authorities to pay more attention to liver fluke infections as the disease can lead to liver and bile duct cancer.
Banchob Sripa, of the university's tropical disease research laboratory, said each year up to 28,000 Thais die of liver and bile duct cancer after becoming infected with liver flukes.
The situation has not improved for the past 10 years because health authorities have not focused enough on tackling the problem.
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- Writer: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul
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