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SUBMITTER: Qian MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3710150 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Qian Men-Bao MB Chen Ying-Dan YD Liang Song S Yang Guo-Jing GJ Zhou Xiao-Nong XN
Infectious diseases of poverty 20121025 1
This paper reviews the epidemiological status and characteristics of clonorchiasis at global level and the etiological relationship between Clonorchis sinensis infection and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). A conservative estimation was made that 15 million people were infected in the world in 2004, of which over 85% distributed in China. The epidemiology of clonorchiasis is characterized by rising trend in its prevalence, variability among sexes and age, as well as endemicity in different regions. Mor ...[more]