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Anisakis
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Anisakis /An·i·sa·kis/ (an″ĭ-sa´kis) a genus of nematodes that parasitize the stomachs of marine mammals and birds.
An·i·sa·kis (n-sks)
n.
A genus of nematodes that includes many common parasites of marine mammals and marine fish-eating birds.

Anisakis
[an′i·sa′kis]
Etymology: Gk, an-, not, without + isos, equal + akis, point
a genus of nematodes of the super family Ascaridoidea; species A. marina is the usual cause of human anisakiasis. Its organisms are found in the stomachs of marine animals and birds. Human infection occurs by ingestion of raw fish that contain larvae.

Anisakis [an″ĭ-sa´kis]
a genus of nematodes that parasitize the stomachs of marine mammals and birds.

Anisakis
a genus of nematodes that parasitize the stomachs of marine mammals; found most commonly in wild fish, rarely in cultured fish. Larval stages can cause disease in humans.


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Raw Pacific salmon and red snapper (Pacific rockfish) have been specifically linked to anisakiasis, a parasite infection from anisakid worms.
Larval anisakid (Sulcascaris) nematodes from Atlantic molluscs with marine turtles as definitive hosts, Trans.
Preliminary analyses demonstrated that only larvae of Anisakis simplex and Hysterothylacium aduncum, both anisakid nematodes occurring on the viscera of fish, and the copepod ectoparasite Sphyrion lumpi could be used to discriminate among redfish stocks (SAS GLM procedure, SAS, 2001).
 
 
 
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