Is this disease curable?

Yes, in most cases. Praziquantel or triclabendazole cure typical infections when started early.

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Food-borne trematodiases

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Food-borne trematodiases: curable in most, but no milestone on recordAI-generated

Burden-over-time charts — how many people this disease affects and whether that number is rising or falling — are coming to this page. The treatability read, milestones, and live trial pipeline below are current.

What's being tested now

Trials started per year, stacked by phase (darker = later phase). Source: ClinicalTrials.gov via Clin2, which tracks studies recruiting in recent years — early years undercount.

Where we are

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Food-borne trematodiases are curable or preventable in most cases. Effective antiparasitic drugs—praziquantel for clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, and paragonimiasis; triclabendazole for fascioliasis—can cure typical infections. While precise burden trends are not available, well-established knowledge suggests that with access to treatment, severe complications are rare. No single milestone is on record for this disease. Access gaps remain worldwide, but the best available therapy reliably cures most early infections.

Is this disease curable?: Yes, in most cases. Praziquantel or triclabendazole cure typical infections when started early.

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