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- Title
An Uninvited Dinner Guest.
- Authors
Gill, Christopher J.; Hamer, Davidson H.
- Abstract
The article informs that the microbiology laboratory at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts identified the nematode as an anisakid, most likely Pseudoterranova decipiens (P. decipiens) , also known as the seal worm and the cod worm. Anisakid larvae typically infect the viscera of fish but may also come to infest muscle tissues. P. decipiens larvae frequently infest the fish muscles in vivo, particularly in smaller-sized intermediate host fish. Anisakid larvae typically infect the viscera of fish but may also come to infest muscle tissues. P. decipiens larvae frequently infest the fish muscles in vivo, particularly in smaller-sized intermediate host fish. In humans, anisakid larvae are incapable of spreading beyond the gut to muscle tissues, as occurs in fish and squid.
- Subjects
MASSACHUSETTS; NEMATODES; FISHES; LARVAE; NEMATODES as carriers of disease; MEDICAL centers
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2005, Vol 41, Issue 12, p1810
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article