MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF Pseudoterranova azarasi LARVAE IN COD (Gadus sp.) SOLD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN BRAZIL.
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SUBMITTER: Marigo J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4727144 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
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MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF Pseudoterranova azarasi LARVAE IN COD (Gadus sp.) SOLD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN BRAZIL.
Marigo Juliana J Taniwaki Sueli Akemi SA Pinto Pedro Luiz Silva PL Soares Rodrigo Martins RM Catão-Dias José Luiz JL
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 20151201 6
Anisakiasis and Pseudoterranovosis are human diseases caused by the ingestion of live Anisakidae larvae in raw, undercooked or lightly marinated fish. Larvae were collected from one salted cod sold for human consumption in a Sao Paulo market in 2013. One section of one brownish larva was used for molecular analyses. The partial COX2 gene sequence from the larva had a nucleotide identity of 99.8 % with Pseudoterranova azarasi, which belongs to the Pseudoterranova decipiens species complex. The ri ...[more]
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