title: First report of human anisakidosis in Australia.
abstract: We present the first human case of anisakidosis acquired from eating locally caught fish in Australia. A 41-year-old woman experienced gastrointestinal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea of increasing severity over 3 weeks. All symptoms resolved spontaneously after a worm was passed in her faeces. Microscopic examination showed that it was a Contracaecum species larva of the family Anisakidae. Anisakidosis should be considered in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms who have recently eaten seafood.
authors.affiliation: School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. sshamsi@csu.edu.au
authors.forename: Shokoofeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shamsi
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Butcher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D017163:Anisakis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D017747:Seafood / Q000469:parasitology