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Clonorchis

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Clonorchis [klo-nor´kis]
a genus of liver flukes. C. sinen´sis is the cause of clonorchiasis throughout eastern Asia from Vietnam to Korea.
Clonorchis
a genus of liver flukes in the family Opisthorchiidae.
Clonorchis sinensis (syn. Opisthorchis sinensis)
found in bile ducts, sometimes pancreatic ducts and duodenum in dogs, cats, pigs, some small wild mammals and humans. Causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, jaundice and ascites in humans. Called also oriental or Chinese liver fluke.
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Although the liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis was recently reported to have been found in humans in northern Vietnam (3), it was not detected in humans or fish in this fish farming area (5,6).
Animal reservoir hosts and fish-borne zoonotic trematode infections ... by Anh, Nguyen Thi Lan; Phuong, Nguyen Thi; Murrell, K. Darwin; Johansen, Maria Vang; Dalsgaard, Anders / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Other flukes in the Trematoda class include Schistosoms, Fasciolopsis, and Clonorchis.
Paragonimiasis and the lungs by Steinert, Don / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
4) Although the origin of biliary papillomatosis has yet to be determined, chronic irritation by a stone, Clonorchis infestation, reactive hyperplasia in Caroli disease, ectopic pancreatic tissue, and an anomalous arrangement of the biliary tree leading to chronic biliary injury by regurgitated pancreatic juice are among the factors that are considered to be possible causes.
Malignant intrahepatic biliary papillomatosis associated with viral C ... by Mourra, Najat; Hannoun, Laurent; Rousvoal, Geraldine; Parc, Rolland; Flejou, Jean-Francois / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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