Article
Molecular identification of Anisakis species from Pleuronectiformes off the Portuguese coast.
Journal of helminthology - 1 Mar 2006
Marques J F, Cabral H N, Busi M, D'Amelio S
Abstract excerpt
Anisakid nematodes belonging to the Anisakis simplex complex are highly prevalent in several fish species off the coast of Portugal and are an important zoonotic problem in the Iberian Peninsula. Two reproductively isolated sibling species of the Anisakis simplex complex were identified from Pleuronectiformes inhabiting the Portuguese coast using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Recombinant...
Topics
- Animals
- Anisakiasis
- Anisakis
- Atlantic Ocean
- Fish Diseases
- Flatfishes
- Genotype
- Larva
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Portugal
- Prevalence
- Recombination, Genetic
