Article
Molecular characterization of Anisakis larvae from fish caught off Sardinia.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Oct 2011
Meloni Mauro, Angelucci Giulia, Merella Paolo, Siddi Rita, Deiana Carlo, Orrù Germano, Salati Fulvio
Abstract excerpt
Anisakis spp. larvae are parasitic, and potentially zoonotic, nematodes transmitted by marine fish and cephalopods, which are the main intermediate hosts of the third larval stage. The accidental consumption of infected raw or poorly cooked fish may cause gastroenteric diseases and allergies in h...
Topics
- Animals
- Anisakiasis
- Anisakis
- DNA, Helminth
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Fish Diseases
- Fishes
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Italy
- Larva
- Mediterranean Sea
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Restriction Mapping
- Sequence Alignment