Incidence of Anisakidae (Gadus morhua) parasites in the cod fish marketed in the State of São Paulo

• Main Authors: Pereira, Amélia D., Atui, Marcia B., Torres, Domingas M. A. G. V., Mangini, Ana Célia S., Zamboni, Claydes Q.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Instituto Adolfo Lutz 2000
• Subjects: Focas; Pacific; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/35053; https://doi.org/10.53393/rial.2000.59.35053

Anisakid nematode parasites are adult worms that feed in the gastric tract of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals (whales and dolphins). Sea foods are the principal sources of human infections with these larval worms. These parasites are known to occur frequently in the flesh of cod, haddock, fl...