Dams and disease triggers on the lower Mekong river

The eggs produced by the adults are discharged with bile fluid into the intestine, and out of the body with the feces.\n In areas where infection from aquaculture fish are of concern, introducing exotic fish that are not known hosts of trematode parasites could reduce the risk of increased human infection, but such species might not be accepted in particular types of local dishes because of taste preferences [12], [14]. Environmental and social impact assessments should address the negative effects on aquatic biodiversity and food production, as well as changes in infectious disease ecology related to the modification of hydrological patterns and wetland environments. [...]greater attention should be given to the impacts of dams built on Mekong tributaries, which have received less attention but would also be affected negatively.