CDC - DPDx - Opisthorchiasis
Opisthorchis viverrini is found mainly in northeast Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and central and southern Vietnam. Opisthorchis felineus is found mainly in Italy, Germany, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.
About Opisthorchis | Liver Flukes | CDC - Centers for Disease …
Opisthorchis is a liver fluke (type of parasitic worm) that can infect the liver, gallbladder, and bile duct. Opisthorchis is part of the Opisthorchiidae family of liver flukes. There is Opisthorchis viverrini (i.e., the Southeast Asian liver fluke) and O. felineus (i.e., the cat liver fluke).
Clinical Overview of Opisthorchis | Liver Flukes | CDC
2024年6月24日 · Opisthorchis is a liver fluke that can infect the liver, gallbladder, and bile duct. Opisthorchis is part of the Opisthorchiidae family of liver flukes. There is Opisthorchis viverrini (i.e., the Southeast Asian liver fluke) and O. felineus (i.e., the cat liver fluke).
Human Illnesses Caused by Opisthorchis felineus Flukes, Italy
2010年7月22日 · Opisthorchis felineus is a trematode that is transmitted to humans through the consumption of raw freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. Worldwide, the number of cases of human infection has been estimated to be 1.2 million ( 1 ).
Opisthorchiasis from Imported Raw Fish
2011年4月14日 · Liver fluke infection caused by trematodes belonging to the family Opisthorchiidae—Opisthorchis viverrini, O. felineus, and Clonorchis sinensis—is a major public health problem in many parts of the Far East, Southeast Asia, and eastern Europe.
Foodborne Trematodiasis and Opisthorchis felineus Acquired in …
2014年1月3日 · For 1 traveler, microscopic examination revealed an Opisthorchis egg in a fecal specimen, and O. felineus real-time PCR was positive (threshold 25.1). All 3 patients were treated with praziquantel (25 mg/kg orally 3 times/d for 2 d) and completely recovered.
About Liver Flukes | Liver Flukes | CDC - Centers for Disease …
2024年9月6日 · Opisthorchis is part of the Opisthorchiidae family of liver flukes. There is Opisthorchis viverrini (i.e., the Southeast Asian liver fluke) and O. felineus (i.e., the cat liver fluke). You cannot get Opisthorchis from another person, and you cannot get it from consuming untreated drinking water.
Flukes, Liver | CDC Yellow Book 2024
Liver flukes are trematode flatworms, including Clonorchis sinensis; Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica; Opisthorchis felineus and O. viverrini. Transmission Reservoir hosts for Clonorchis and Opisthorchis spp. are cats, dogs, and other fish-eating mammals, and human infection generally occurs by ingestion of raw or undercooked (e.g., pickled ...
Etymologia: Opisthorchis - Volume 20, Number 1—January 2014
2013年12月18日 · From the Greek opisthen (behind) and orchis (testicle), Opisthorchis is a genus of trematode flatworms whose testes are located in the posterior end of the body. Rivolta is generally credited with discovering the first opisthorchid, which he named Distoma felineus , in a cat in Italy in 1884.
CDC - DPDx - Case #527 - November 2020
Opisthorchis felineus can be excluded as it is found only in Northern Asia (Russia and Mongolia) and west into Central Europe. Eggs of minute intestinal flukes, especially Haplorchis spp., are also sometimes misidentified as Opisthorchiid eggs; definitive confirmation in some endemic areas requires recovery of adult flukes and/or genetic ...