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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Platyhelminths > Trematoda > Opisthorchidae > Opisthorchis

Preferred term

Opisthorchis  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Opisthorchis felineus
  • Opisthorchis viverrini
  • Opisthorchis viverrinus
  • viverrini, Opisthorchis

Note

  • infection = OPISTHORCHIASIS but note OPISTHORCHIS SINENSIS see CLONORCHIS SINENSIS: O. sinensis infection = CLONORCHIASIS; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Opisthorchidae. It consists of the following species: O. felineus, O. noverca (Amphimerus noverca), and O. viverrini. The intermediate hosts are snails, fish, and AMPHIBIANS.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009891

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