The medical diagnosis is established by finding eggs of Opisthorchis viverrini in feces using the Kato technique. An antigen 89 kDa of Opisthorchis viverrini can be detected by ELISA test. A polymerase chain reaction test capable of amplifying a segment of the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA for the opisthorchiid and heterophyid flukes eggs taken directly from faeces was developed and evaluated in a rural community in central Thailand. The lowest quantity of DNA that could be amplified from individual adults of Opisthorchis viverrini was estimated to 0.6 pg.
Opisthorchiasis
Clonorchiasis
Taeniasis
Monorchism
Trichiasis
Trichuriasis
Trichomoniasis
Helminthiasis