Acute intestinal anisakiasis in Spain: a fourth-stage Anisakis simplex larva.
A case of acute intestinal anisakiasis has been reported; a nematode larva being found in the submucosa of the ileum of a woman in Jaén (Spain). The source of infection was the ingestion of raw Engraulis encrasicholus. On the basis of its morphology, the worm has been identified as a fourth-stage larva of Anisakis simplex. In Spain, this is the ninth report of human anisakiasis and also probably the first case of anisakiasis caused by a fourth-stage larva of A. simplex.
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Instituto de Biotenologia, Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.
Mascaró
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Fernandez
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Luque
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Sanchez Moreno
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Parras
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Cosano
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Muñoz
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D017163:Anisakis / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000469:parasitology; D007814:Larva; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain