opisthorchiasis
Sign in to saveOpisthorchiasis is a parasitic disease caused by certain species of genus Opisthorchis (specifically, Opisthorchis viverrini and Opisthorchis felineus). Chronic infection may lead to cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of the bile ducts.
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- Opisthorchiasis
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Research
2,077 papers- Opisthorchiasis and the Microbiome.Advances in parasitology · 2018
- Update on Pathogenesis of Opisthorchiasis and Cholangiocarcinoma.Advances in parasitology · 2018
- Opisthorchiasis in Western Siberia: Epidemiology and distribution in human, fish, snail, and animal populations.Parasitology international · 2017
- Opisthorchiasis in Thailand: review and current status.World journal of gastroenterology · 2008
- [Opisthorchiasis and hormones].Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni · 1993
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9 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Chronic opisthorchiasis and cholangiocarcinoma
- Diagnosis
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- Research
- References
- External links
Opisthorchiasis is a parasitic disease caused by certain species of genus Opisthorchis (specifically, Opisthorchis viverrini and Opisthorchis felineus). Chronic infection may lead to cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of the bile ducts.
Medical care and loss of wages caused by Opisthorchis viverrini in Laos and in Thailand costs about $120 million annually. In Asia, infection by Opisthorchis viverrini and other liver flukes affects the poorest people. Along with other foodborne trematode infections such as clonorchiasis, fascioliasis and paragonimiasis, opisthorchiasis is listed among the World Health Organization's list of neglected tropical diseases.