ORPHA:658913
Paragonimiasis
Publications
2,480
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
977
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare parasitic disease characterized by infection with various species of the trematode genus Paragonimus through ingestion of contaminated crabs or crayfish. Infection occurs primarily in the lungs and pleura of affected individuals, presenting with a pulmonary disease resembling tuberculosis (including chest pain, cough, and hemoptysis). The parasite also frequently invades other organs, including the brain, spinal cord, and abdominal organs, and causes respective signs and symptoms.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0005895
- MeSH:D010237
- UMLS:C0030424
- NCIT:C84995
Additional Mondo synonyms (7)
Paragonimus westermani caused disease or disorder · Paragonimus westermani disease or disorder · Paragonimus westermani infectious disease · infection by Paragonimus · lung fluke disease · lung fluke infection · pulmonary paragonimiasis
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
1/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
2,480 matched papers (687 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
Not enriched in this build.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
2,480
2,480 papers have been published on this condition. That is a real research literature — still far smaller than common diseases (breast cancer: over 700,000 papers). Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.
2,480 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).
687 in the last 10 years · low confidence
Phrase hits: 2,480 · MeSH hits: 51
Who's working on it?
977
Distinct author names in 200 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Maleewong W9 papers · 2026
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Intapan PM8 papers · 2026
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Maruyama H8 papers · 2026
Division of Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Sadaow L8 papers · 2026
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Sanpool O8 papers · 2026
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06Boonroumkaew P7 papers · 2026
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Rodpai R7 papers · 2026
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Yamasaki H6 papers · 2026
Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Calvopina M5 papers · 2026
Unidad de Parasitología Molecular y Medicina Tropical, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad De Las Américas (UDLA), Quito, Ecuador. manuelcalvopina@gmail.com manuel.calvopina@udla.edu.ec.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Devi KR5 papers · 2025
Department of Microbiology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, 795004, Manipur, India. Electronic address: ranjanakhu@rediffmail.com.
Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 27 July 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
low confidence · 36.5th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Where to find support
We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"Paragonimiasis" OR "Paragonimus westermani infectious disease" OR "infection by Paragonimus" OR "lung fluke disease" OR "lung fluke infection" OR "pulmonary paragonimiasis"
MeSH descriptor terms unioned into the query: Paragonimiasis
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Paragonimiasis" OR "Paragonimus westermani infectious disease" OR "infection by Paragonimus" OR "lung fluke disease" OR "lung fluke infection" OR "pulmonary paragonimiasis"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase, mesh; with hits: phrase, mesh
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Synonyms dropped by stoplist: Paragonimus westermani caused disease or disorder; Paragonimus westermani disease or disorder
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is short or not clearly distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
- Publication count (2480) is extremely high with unknown/missing prevalence — treat as possible over-matching, not proven research intensity
Ingested 2026-07-27T20:05:30.549Z