Anisakidae parasites in frozen fish fillets intended for human consumption

• Published in: Biomédica
• Main Authors: Patricia Betancourth, Jairo Gómez, Jorge A. Fernández-Silva, Juliana González
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2022
• Subjects: anisakiasis; parásito; zoonosis; peces; enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Hake
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.6533; https://doaj.org/article/66e626255fdc4878b9b47dfb3425636e

Introduction: Anisakiasis is a human parasitic disease caused by the consumption of raw fish or shellfish containing larvae of the Anisakidae family. It is currently considered an emerging disease of public health interest. Objective: To identify the presence of larvae of the Anisakidae family in sa...