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The specific identification of anisakid larvae from fishes from the Yellow Sea, China, using mutation scanning-coupled sequence analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Jan 2000
Zhang Luping, Hu Min, Shamsi Shokoofeh, Beveridge Ian, Li Huimin, Xu Zhen, Li Liang, Cantacessi Cinzia, Gasser Robin B
Abstract excerpt
Nematodes of the family Anisakidae parasitize fish, mammals, birds and reptiles, with the larval stages of some species causing severe clinical disease in humans. Therefore, the accurate identification of anisakid nematodes is a key component of disease surveillance and control. An epidemiological survey of 123 fishes comprising eight different species from the Yellow Sea in China revealed that more than 25% of...
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