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clonorchiasis

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clonorchiasis /clo·nor·chi·a·sis/ (klo?nor-ki´ah-sis) infection of the biliary passages with the liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis, causing inflammation of the biliary tree, proliferation of the biliary epithelium, and progressive portal fibrosis; extension into the liver parenchyma causes fatty changes and cirrhosis.
clo·nor·chi·a·sis (klnôr-k-ss)
n.
A disease caused by infestation with Clonorchis sinensis that affects the distal bile ducts after transmission by ingestion of raw, smoked, or undercooked fish.
clonorchiasis
see opisthorchiasis.
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In China, clonorchiasis infections have more than tripled over the past decade; [approximately equal to] 15 million people were infected with C.
Emerging foodborne trematodiasis by Utzinger, Jurg / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Chronic clonorchiasis may be complicated with gallbladder and intrahepatic duct stones, recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, cholecystitis, liver abscess, and cholangiocarcinoma (5).
Opisthorchiasis from imported raw fish by Dan, Michael / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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