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Clonorchiasis Epidemiology
- Clonorchiasis is highly endemic in south-east China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (Mekong river delta). It also occurs in Japan, Taiwan and Korea.
- People are infected by eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish containing encysted larvae
- Children are more frequently infected than adults
- Fish-eating domestic but also wild animals serve as reservoir hosts
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