In 1959 , he died from cirrhosis of the liver , also known as distoma hepaticum , caused by the chinese liver fluke parasite . 1959年(昭和34年)に肝吸虫、つまりいわゆる肝臓ジストマとも呼ばれた寄生虫による肝硬変のため死去。
Problems regarding the clonorchis sinensis liver fluke and gnathostoma spinigerum nematode have made it necessary for the health authority to advise people against consuming this dish , but many locals continue to do so . 肝吸虫、有棘顎口虫などの寄生虫の問題があるため、衛生当局は生で食べないように呼びかけているが、相変わらず食べる地元民は多い。
Although there is a view that he contracted the chinese liver fluke from eating his favorite mud snails , the mini mud snails that are the initial intermediary host are not eaten by people , and since the parasite usually enters the human body through the eating of raw koi (the secondary intermediary host ), it is presumed there was another source of infection . 肝吸虫は魯山人の好んだタニシから寄生したとする論説もあるが、肝吸虫の第一中間宿主となるマメタニシは人間の食用にならず、なおかつヒトへの感染は第二中間宿主のコイ科魚類の生食から起こることから、別の感染経路と推定されている。
Although there is a view that he contracted the chinese liver fluke from eating his favorite mud snails , the mini mud snails that are the initial intermediary host are not eaten by people , and since the parasite usually enters the human body through the eating of raw koi (the secondary intermediary host ), it is presumed there was another source of infection . 肝吸虫は魯山人の好んだタニシから寄生したとする論説もあるが、肝吸虫の第一中間宿主となるマメタニシは人間の食用にならず、なおかつヒトへの感染は第二中間宿主のコイ科魚類の生食から起こることから、別の感染経路と推定されている。