Acute intestinal anisakiasis in Spain: a fourth-stage Anisakis simplex larva

Authors
Rosales, J Mascaro, C Fernandez, C Luque, F Moreno, MS Parras, L Cosano, A Munoz, JR
Citation
J. Rosales et al., Acute intestinal anisakiasis in Spain: a fourth-stage Anisakis simplex larva, MEM I OSW C, 94(6), 1999, pp. 823-826
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ
ISSN journal
00740276 → ACNP
Volume
94
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
823 - 826
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(199911/12)94:6<823:AIAISA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A case of acute intestinal anisakiasis has been reported; a nematode larva being found in the submucosa of the ileum of a woman in Jaen (Spain). The s our ce of infection was the ingestion of raw Engraulis encrasicholus. Oil t he basis of its morphology, the worm has been identified as a fourth-stage larva of Anisakis simplex. In Spain this is the ninth report of human anisa kiasis and also probably the first case of anisakiasis caused by a fourth-s tage larva of A. simplex.