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Occurrence and prevalence of fish-borne Anisakis larvae in the spotted mackerel Scomber australasicus from Taiwanese waters.
Acta tropica - 1 May 2015
Chen Hui-Yu, Shih Hsiu-Hui
Abstract excerpt
Anisakid nematodes have been found in a variety of marine fishes throughout the world and they are known to cause anisakiasis in human hosts. The present study investigated the prevalence of potentially zoonotic anisakid larvae in spotted mackerel caught from Taiwanese waters where fish represents an important food sources. Anisakis third-stage larvae (L3, n=502) were isolated from 250 spotted mackerel Scomber...
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