TY - JOUR AU - Yossepowitch, Orit AU - Gotesman, Tamar AU - Assous, Mark AU - Marva, Esther AU - Zimlichman, Reuven AU - Dan, Michael T1 - Opisthorchiasis from Imported Raw Fish T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 12 SP - 2122 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Liver fluke infection caused by Opisthorchiidae is a major public health problem in many parts of the Far East, Southeast Asia, and eastern Europe. However, with the growing volume of international travel and population migration, the infection is increasingly diagnosed in countries where the disease is not endemic, particularly in North America. We report an outbreak of acute opisthorchiasis in a family that was infected in a non–disease-endemic area after eating raw carp illegally imported from a highly disease-endemic area in Siberia. With the growing numbers of former Soviet Union citizens immigrating to other countries, western physicians need to be alert regarding Opisthorchis-associated pathology in this population. The epidemiology and biology of Opisthorchiidae in the former Soviet Union are reviewed. KW - Opisthrchiasis KW - Opisthorchis felineus KW - liver flukes KW - food-borne infection KW - Russia KW - former Soviet Union KW - research DO - 10.3201/eid1012.040410 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/12/04-0410_article ER - End of Reference