Korean J Parasitol.  1997 Mar;35(1):19-24. 10.3347/kjp.1997.35.1.19.

The infection status of anisakid larvae in marine fish and cephalopods from the Bohai Sea, China and their taxonomical consideration

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  • 1Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Yanbian medical College, Yanji, Jilin Province, P.R. China.

Abstract

The infection status of anisakid larvae was examined in 290 marine fish of 25 species and in 108 cephalopods of 3 species purchased in Bayuquan region, Yingko city nearby the coast of the Bohai Sea from may to August 1992. A total of 7,327 larvae were collected from 156 fish of 19 species and 8 squids of one species. The 3rd-stage larvae of Anisakis simplex were collected from 121 fish (63.4%) of 15 species (N = 191) and from 8 squids (14.8%) of one species (N = 54), and they were total, 5,992 (81.8%). Out of remaining 1,335 larvae, 154 (2.1%) were classified as Thynnascaris type B from 23 fish of 4 species, 1,013 (13.8%) as Thynnascaris type C from 79 fish of 13 species. 164 (2.2%) as Hysterothylacium China type V from 20 fish of 4 species, 3 (0.04%) as Raphidascaris from 3 fish of 2 species and one was Pseudoterranova decipiens larva.


MeSH Terms

Animal
Anisakiasis/veterinary*
Anisakiasis/parasitology
Anisakiasis/epidemiology
Anisakis/isolation & purification
Anisakis/classification*
China
Fish Diseases/parasitology*
Fish Diseases/epidemiology
Fishes
Larva
Seawater
Squid/parasitology*
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