Treatment of opisthorchiasis is generally with a single dose of praziquantel.
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Human cases of opisthorchiasis may affect the liver, pancreas, and gall bladder.
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Opisthorchiasis, the disease caused by " Opisthorchis felineus ", ranges in severity from asymptomatic infection to severe illness.
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If not treated in the early stages, opisthorchiasis may cause cirrhosis of the liver and increased risk of liver cancer, but may be asymptomatic in children.
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The term neglected tropical diseases applies to all snail-borne infections, including schistosomiasis, fascioliasis, fasciolopsiasis, paragonimiasis, opisthorchiasis, clonorchiasis, and angiostrongyliasis.
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Symptoms of opisthorchiasis caused by " Opisthorchis viverrini " and by " Opisthorchis felineus " are indistinguishable from clonorchiasis caused by " Clonorchis sinensis ",
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In humans, the onset of cholangiocarcinoma occurs with chronic opisthorchiasis, associated with hepatobiliary damage, inflammation, periductal fibrosis and / or cellular responses to antigens from the infecting fluke.
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Infection with the parasite is called opisthorchiasis . " Opisthorchis viverrini " infection also predisposes the infected for cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of the gall bladder and / or its ducts.
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Concerns were raised also about such things as the relocation of people; the amount of virgin tropical rainforest that had to be cut down ( 230 km 2 ); possible dam collapse issues; increase in diseases with waterborne vectors such as schistosomiasis, opisthorchiasis, malaria, and filariasis; and sediment accumulation shortening the useful lifespan of the dam.
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infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia
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