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<p>Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of communicable diseases with a long history with human beings. NTDs are the proxy of poverty since they affect those in low-income and extreme-poverty populations, as those populations lack access to proper health care, clean water, sanitary conditions, and hygiene. NTDs create losses for a nation that come from the health and the economic sectors as well since the costs of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment strain the national purse strings. One of the 20 different forms of NTDs on the list is food-borne trematodes, comprises of <italic>Fasciola</italic>, <italic>Paragonimus</italic>, <italic>Clonorchis</italic>, and <italic>Opisthorchis</italic>. Currently, it is estimated that food-borne trematodes can cause a devastating effect on mortality and morbidity. All of them are zoonotic, as humans become infected by ingestion of a second intermediate host, such as freshwater snails, fish, or water vegetables. <italic>Opisthorchis viverrini</italic>, one of the food-borne trematodes that can be found mostly in South East Asia regions, especially in the Mekong basin, is regarded as a group 1 carcinogen leading to cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). This study aims to present the updated review of <italic>Opisthorchis viverrini</italic> and CCA.</p>
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Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of communicable diseases with a long history with human beings. NTDs are the proxy of poverty since they affect those in low-income and extreme-poverty populations, as those populations lack access to proper health care, clean water, sanitary conditions, and hygiene. NTDs create losses for a nation that come from the health and the economic sectors as well since the costs of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment strain the national purse strings. One of the 20 different forms of NTDs on the list is food-borne trematodes, comprises of Fasciola, Paragonimus, Clonorchis, and Opisthorchis. Currently, it is estimated that food-borne trematodes can cause a devastating effect on mortality and morbidity. All of them are zoonotic, as humans become infected by ingestion of a second intermediate host, such as freshwater snails, fish, or water vegetables. Opisthorchis viverrini, one of the food-borne trematodes that can be found mostly in South East Asia regions, especially in the Mekong basin, is regarded as a group 1 carcinogen leading to cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). This study aims to present the updated review of Opisthorchis viverrini and CCA.

Fish and Food-Fatale: Food-borne Trematode <italic>Opisthorchis viverrini</italic> and Cholangiocarcinoma

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine

Tropical Diseases and Public Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine

Helminthologia

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Fish and Food-Fatale: Food-borne Trematode  and Cholangiocarcinoma

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of communicable diseases with a long history with human beings. NTDs are the proxy of poverty since they affect...

Fish and Food-Fatale: Food-borne Trematode Opisthorchis viverrini and Cholangiocarcinoma

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Dec 31, 2023

Page range: 287 - 299

Received: Mar 30, 2023

Accepted: Oct 20, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2023-0036

Keywords
Food-borne trematode, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Cholangiocarcinoma

© 2023 S. Tan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Fish and Food-Fatale: Food-borne Trematode Opisthorchis viverrini and Cholangiocarcinoma

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Dec 31, 2023

Page range: 287 - 299

Received: Mar 30, 2023

Accepted: Oct 20, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2023-0036

KeywordsFood-borne trematode, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Cholangiocarcinoma

© 2023 S. Tan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Food-borne trematode, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Cholangiocarcinoma