RT Book, Section
A1 Oberhelman, Richard A.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7031214
T1 Chapter 334. Anasakiasis and Angiostrongyliasis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7031214
RD 2024/04/24
AB Anisakiasis  is  caused  by  several  related  larval  nematodes,  especially  those  of  the  genera  Anisakis,  Phoconema,  and  Contracaecum,  that  are  ingested  when  eating  raw  or  insufficiently  cooked  marine  fish,  as  in  sushi  or  sashimi.1  Adult  nematodes  are  found  mainly  in  the  gastrointestinal  tract  of  cetaceans  (dolphins,  porpoises,  and  whales),  and  nematode  eggs  shed  in  the  feces  of  these  definitive  hosts  are  ingested  by  small  crustaceans,  where  they  develop  into  third-stage  larvae.2  Fish  and  cephalopod  mollusks  become  infected  by  eating  crustaceans  infected  by  larval  forms,  which  invade  the  tissues  of  the  fish.  Definitive  hosts  and  humans  usually  become  infected  by  eating  fish  containing  these  larval  stages.  Most  cases  are  associated  with  mackerel,  but  other  fish,  such  as  cod,  whiting,  haddock,  herring,  and  salmon,  may  be  infected.