Opisthorchis viverrini

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Opisthorchis viverrini is a parasite that attacks the area of the bile duct. Opisthorchis viverrini infection can lead to a condition called cholangiocarcinoma, which is a cancer of the gall bladder and/or its ducts. A parasite is an organism that lives in or on the living tissue of a host organism at the expense of that host. ... A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile. ... Cholangiocarcinoma is an adenocarcinoma of the biliary duct system. ... The gallbladder (or cholecyst) is a pear-shaped organ that stores bile (or gall) until the body needs it for digestion. ...