Anisakidae infection in fish of the Aegean Sea.
Nematode worms of the family Anisakidae are the causative agents of infections in humans when fish is consumed raw and of serious allergies up to the death, when fish is consumed raw or cooked by previously sensitized people. From April until November 2009, 462 fish belonging to 26 species, fished in three areas of the Aegean Sea were tested for Anisakidae larvae. Anisakidae larvae were detected in 87 (18.83%) fish of 13 species. These larvae were identified by morphology as the third-stage larvae of the genera Hysterothylacium sp. or Anisakis. Larvae of the genus Anisakis were identified by PCR-RFLP as belonging to A. simplex s.str., A. pegreffii, or as hybrids between A. simplex s.str and A. pegreffii.
Veterinary Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Foundation, NAGREF Campus, PO Box 60272, Thermi, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece. halijohn27@hotmail.com
Ilias
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Chaligiannis
Marco
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Lalle
Edoardo
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Pozio
Smaragda
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Sotiraki
D000818:Animals; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D001199:Ascaridoidea / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D006115:Greece; D007814:Larva; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal