Detection and Characterization of Visceral Anisakid Nematodes in Blue Whiting from Portuguese Waters
Athanasia Rigkou, Mahima Hemnani, Ana Luísa Martins, João R Mesquita, Xiangfeng Zheng, Bo Wang · 2024
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Description
The authors check in a 2024 study blue whiting from Portuguese waters for parasitic worms that can sicken people who eat raw fish. Portugal eats much fish and increasingly eats it undercooked. Fifty fish were dissected and their larvae typed by gene sequencing.
Every fish carried anisakid larvae. Two thirds were Anisakis simplex, with the rest split between a cousin species and Hysterothylacium aduncum, a first report of that species in Portuguese blue whiting. Over two fifths of fish held several species at once, raising allergy risks. Fish size barely predicted worm load. Full infection in a food fish argues for wider monitoring.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Athanasia Rigkou, Mahima Hemnani, Ana Luísa Martins, João R Mesquita, Xiangfeng Zheng, Bo Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |