Genetic variability of Anisakis simplex s.s. parasitizing European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the Little Sole Bank area in the Northeast Atlantic

• Published in: Parasitology Research
• Main Authors: Ceballos-Mendiola, Gregorio, Valero, Adela, Polo-Vico, Rubén, Tejada Yábar, Margarita, Abattouy, Naima, Karl, Horst, Heras, Cristina de las, Martín Sánchez, Joaquina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: Hake; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/67396; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2009-5

In this study, we researched the presence of anisakids in specimens of Merluccius merluccius caught in the area of Little Sole Bank, in the Northeast Atlantic, and found that 100% of the European hake examined were infected and showed high average values of abundance (976.88) and intensity (976.88)....