Clonorchiasis
Infectious disease caused by fish parasites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clonorchiasis is an infectious disease caused by the Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis) and two related species. Clonorchiasis is a known risk factor for the development of cholangiocarcinoma, a neoplasm of the biliary system.[citation needed]
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Differential symptoms of parasite infection by raw fish: Clonorchis sinensis (a trematode/fluke), Anisakis (a nematode/roundworm) and Diphyllobothrium a (cestode/tapeworm),[1] all have gastrointestinal, but otherwise distinct, symptoms.[2][3][4][5] | |
Specialty | Infectious diseases, medical parasitology, helminthologist |
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Symptoms of opisthorchiasis caused by Opisthorchis viverrini and by O. felineus are indistinguishable from clonorchiasis caused by Clonorchis sinensis,[6] leading some to argue that the disease by these three parasites should be referred to collectively as clonorchiasis.[6]