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Liver fluke stir in Maha Sarakham subsides

Dr Wichan Bhunyakitikorn (right), director of the Division of Epidemiology, and Dr Yongchue Laoshirithavorn, director of the General Communicable Diseases Division, deliver an update on liver fluke cases at a briefing on Wednesday at the Department of Disease Control in Bangkok. (Screenshot)

The liver fluke infections found among university freshmen in the northeastern province of Maha Sarakham early this month were not linked to any particular somtam shop in the area, the Department of Disease Control reported on Wednesday.

Public alarm greeted reports on July 7 that more than 4,000 university students had initially been detected with the infection (opisthorchiasis). Wide-ranging inspections were subsequently carried out at restaurants in the province.

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