[Anisakiasis - a little-known parasitic zoonosis]

Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek. 2013 Jun;19(2):45-7.
[Article in Czech]

Abstract

Parasites of the family Anisakidae cause enteric parasitic zoonoses developing after consumption of inadequately cooked marine fish. Cases of such diseases are reported mainly from Japan or other countries where raw or uncooked fish are traditionally consumed. The presented short communication briefly reports detection of larvae of Pseudoterranova spp., parasites of the family Anisakidae, in a fresh chilled angler-fish (Lophius piscatorius) bought at a retail store in the Czech Republic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anisakiasis / parasitology*
  • Ascaridoidea / isolation & purification*
  • Czech Republic
  • Fishes
  • Humans
  • Larva
  • Male
  • Seafood / parasitology*
  • Zoonoses