A systematic review of the effects of hepatitis B and C virus on the progression of liver fluke infection to liver cancer.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis B and C virus, Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis sinensis, are all individually known to put a person at increased risk for cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. This paper seeks to determine if there is any interaction between liver flukes and hepatitis virus infection that are known to put a person at an increased risk for cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma collectively. This paper seeks to determine whether there is any publicly available articles in English that determine if having a hepatitis viral co-infection along with liver flukes would influence the risk of developing liver cancer. We followed PRISMA systematic review guidelines to conduct a literature review. Three manuscripts fit the search criteria. Two presented evidence in support of a s

SUBMITTER: O'Rourke A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941421 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature