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Fluke Infections: Prevention
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No vaccines have been developed that are effective against lung or liver fluke infections. Prevention of these infections includes the following measures:
- boiling or purifying drinking water
- avoiding raw or undercooked fish or salads made from fresh aquatic plants; all food eaten in areas with fluke infestations should be cooked thoroughly; pickling or smoking will not kill fluke cysts in fish or shellfish
- control or eradication of the snails that serve as the flukes' intermediate hosts
— Rebecca J. Frey
