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6 comments:
Clonorchis sinensis or Opisthorchis eggs.. Liver flukes endemic in the Far east, can cause cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma.
Clonorchis sinensis. Typical ova.
Florida Fan
clonorchis sinensis.
clonorchis sinensis. stone formation.
I had a case with Opistorchis felineus in 2011 from a woman who contracted it from a lake in Italy.
They were undistinguishable with Clonorchis sinensis.
We managed to identify the eggs by PCR done by Dr Pozzi in Roma.
They made carpacio from raw fish caught in the lakes.
45 people got ill.
Hans Naus
Regarding the comment of Hans Naus, please see this paper by Edoardo Pozoio and colleagues.
Pozio, E. et al. (2013) Opisthorchis felineus, an emerging infection in Italy and its implication for the European Union. Acta Trop. 126, 54-62.
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