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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Ascaridida > Ascaridoidea > Anisakis

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Anisakis  

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Note

  • a genus of nematodes found in marine animals & birds; infection = ANISAKIASIS; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A genus of nematodes of the superfamily ASCARIDOIDEA. Its organisms are found in the stomachs of marine animals and birds. Human infection occurs by ingestion of raw fish that contain larvae.

History note

  • 93; was see NEMATODA 1989-92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017163

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