CDC - DPDx - Clonorchiasis - Centers for Disease Control and …
The trematode Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver fluke) is an important foodborne pathogen and cause of liver disease in Asia. This appears to be the only species in the genus involved in human infection.
About Clonorchis | Liver Flukes | CDC
2024年4月22日 · Clonorchis is a liver fluke (type of parasitic worm) that can infect the liver, gallbladder, and bile duct. Clonorchis (also known as Chinese liver fluke disease), is part of the Opisthorchiidae family of liver flukes.
Clinical Overview of Clonorchis | Liver Flukes | CDC
Clonorchis is a type of flat, leaf-shaped parasitic worm, also known as a "liver fluke." Clonorchis occurs in parts of Asia. People can get Clonorchis by eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish contaminated by larvae (young worms).
About Liver Flukes - CDC
2024年9月6日 · Clonorchis is a liver fluke (type of parasitic worm) that can infect the liver, gallbladder, and bile duct. Clonorchis (also known as Chinese liver fluke disease), is part of the Opisthorchiidae family of liver flukes.
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 ...
CDC - DPDx - Opisthorchiasis
Eggs of Opisthorchis spp. are 19-30 µm long by 10-20 µm wide and are often indistinguishable from the eggs of Clonorchis sinensis. The eggs are operculated and possess prominent opercular ‘shoulders’ and and abopercular knob.
Case #299 – May, 2011 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This was a case of clonorchiasis caused by the liver fluke, Clonorchis sinensis. Based on the images and clinical presentation in this case, it was not possible to distinguish between C. sinensis and Opisthorchis spp., and opisthorchiasis would have also been an …
About Opisthorchis | Liver Flukes | CDC
2024年2月14日 · Opisthorchis eggs are very similar to Clonorchis (another liver fluke) eggs. A trained healthcare provider can identify between the two with a microscope.
CDC - DPDx - Diagnostic Procedures - Stool Specimens
Lacks prominent shoulders characteristic of Clonorchis and has more tapered end. Heterophyes heterophyes: 28 µm x 15 µm. Range, 28-30 µm x 15-17 µm. Small, elongated or slightly ovoidal. Operculum. Slight “knob” at posterior end. Yellow brown. Embryonated. Contains mature miracidium. Resembles Clonorchis egg but with
CDC - DPDx - Fascioliasis
Causal Agent. The trematodes Fasciola hepatica (also known as the common liver fluke or the sheep liver fluke) and Fasciola gigantica are large liver flukes (F. hepatica: up to 30 mm by 15 mm; F. gigantica: up to 75 mm by 15 mm), which are primarily found in domestic and wild ruminants (their main definitive hosts) but also are causal agents of fascioliasis in humans.