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Clonorchis sinensis

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Name

Greek: klon = branching system; orchis = testicle (the genus names describe that the testes are branching). Latin: sinensis = from China. English: Chinese liver fluke.

Geographic Distribution/Epidemiology

In East and South Asia, especially in China, Thailand, Korea, and Japan, about 50 millions of humans and some more dogs and cats are infected.

Morphology/Life Cycle

The dorsoventrally flattened adult worms (Figs. 1, 2, and 3) are hermaphrodites, reach a length of 10–20 mm and a width of 3–5 mm, and are able to stretch themselves considerably. These translucent worms live in the bile ducts of humans and fish-eating animals (e.g., also in dogs and cats), and their tegument does not contain hooks or scales (it is smooth). Characteristic for this species are the two testes, which lay in the terminal portion of the body and are branched. The anterior one shows 4 branches, the posterior one 5. Their single excretory ductules (vasa efferentia) unite themselves to form the vas deferens...

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References

  • Pierkarski G (1965) Medical parasitology in plates (English translation). Springer, Heidelberg

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Further Reading

  • Chen D et al (2010) Epidemiological investigation of Clonorchis sinensis infection in freshwater fishes in the Pearl River Delta. Parasitol Res 107:835–839

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  • Hong ST, Fang Y (2012) Clonorchis sinensis and clonorchiasis. An update. Parasitol Int 61:17–24

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  • Mehlhorn H et al (1983) Ultrastructural investigations of the effects of praziquantel on human trematodes from Asia (Clonorchis sinensis, Metagonimus yokogawai, Opisthorchis viverrini, Paragonimus westermani, Schistosoma japonicum). Drug Res 33:91–98

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  • Wu W et al (2012) A review of the control of clonorchiasis sinensis and Taenia solium taeniasis in China. Parasitol Res 111:1879–1884

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  • Xiao SH et al (2011) Comparative effect of mebendazole, albendazole, tribendimidine and praziquantel in treatment of rats infected with Clonorchis sinensis. Parasitol Res 108:723–730

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control, The Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, Binjiang Road, Haizhu, 510300, Guangzhou, China

    Zhongdao Wu

  2. Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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  1. Institute of Zoomorphology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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Wu, Z., Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Clonorchis sinensis . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_644-2

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