Opisthorchis /Opis·thor·chis/ (o″pis-thor´kis) a genus of flukes parasitic in the liver and biliary tract of various birds and mammals; O. feli´neus and O. viver´rini cause opisthorchiasis and O. sinen´sis causes clonorchiasis in humans.
Op·is·thor·chis ( p  s-thôr ks,  ps-)n. A genus of trematodes found in the bile ducts or gallbladder of fish-eating mammals, birds, and fish. |
Opisthorchis
a genus of flukes (digenetic trematodes) parasitic in the liver and biliary tract of various reptiles, birds and mammals, including humans. Causes opisthorchiasis.
Opisthorchis felineus
see Opisthorchis tenuicollis (below).
Opisthorchis sinensis
see clonorchissinensis.
Opisthorchis tenuicollis
found in the bile ducts, rarely the pancreatic duct and intestine, of dogs, cats, foxes, pigs and the Cetacea and humans.
Opisthorchis viverrini
occurs in domestic and wild cats, civets, dogs and humans.
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