KEGG   DISEASE: Opisthorchiasis
Entry
H01628                      Disease                                
Name
Opisthorchiasis
  Supergrp
Foodborne trematodiasis [DS:H01617]
Description
Opisthorchiasis comprises diverse clinical symptoms caused by infections with Opisthorchis felineus or Opisthorchis viverrini liver flukes, which are transmitted by eating infected raw or undercooked fish and other aquatic products.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
 01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Parasitic diseases
   Helminthiases
    Diseases due to trematodes
     1F84  Opisthorchiasis
      H01628  Opisthorchiasis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
 Parasitic infections (animals)
  Infections caused by flat worms
   H01628  Opisthorchiasis
Pathogen
Opisthorchis viverrini [GN:ovi]
Opisthorchis felineus
Drug
Praziquantel [DR:D00471]
Comment
The first intermediate hosts: prosobranch gastropod genus Bithynia
The second intermediate hosts: freshwater fish, mostly cyprinoids
Other DBs
ICD-11: 1F84
ICD-10: B66.0
MeSH: D009889
Reference
PMID:24520562
  Authors
Wunderink HF, Rozemeijer W, Wever PC, Verweij JJ, van Lieshout L
  Title
Foodborne trematodiasis and Opisthorchis felineus acquired in Italy.
  Journal
Emerg Infect Dis 20:154-5 (2014)
DOI:10.3201/eid2001.130476
Reference
PMID:20655862
  Authors
Sripa B, Bethony JM, Sithithaworn P, Kaewkes S, Mairiang E, Loukas A, Mulvenna J, Laha T, Hotez PJ, Brindley PJ
  Title
Opisthorchiasis and Opisthorchis-associated cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand and Laos.
  Journal
Acta Trop 120 Suppl 1:S158-68 (2011)
DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.07.006
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