Anisakidae in fishing products sold in Sicily


Submitted: 14 May 2013
Accepted: 11 September 2013
Published: 28 April 2014
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  • Vincenzo Ferrantelli Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Anisakiasi (C.Re.N.A.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy.
  • Antonello Cicero Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Anisakiasi (C.Re.N.A.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy.
  • Antonella Costa Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Anisakiasi (C.Re.N.A.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy.
  • Angelina Alongi Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Anisakiasi (C.Re.N.A.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy.
  • Paola Palumbo Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Anisakiasi (C.Re.N.A.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy.
  • Stefania Graci Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Anisakiasi (C.Re.N.A.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy.
  • Giuseppe Giangrosso Centro di Referenza Nazionale per le Anisakiasi (C.Re.N.A.), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy.
One of the parasite diseases associated with the consumption of raw fish that occurs with some frequency is the anisakiasis, a human disease caused by the accidental ingestion of larval nematodes of the genus Anisakis, family Anisakidae. At the National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis (C.Re.N.A.) from October 2012 to February 2013, a number of 231 bony fish (Trichiuridae, Engraulidae, Scombridae and Clupeidae) were received from different fishing sites in Sicily. Anisakis pegreffii is the main species detected in fish, as identified by molecular analysis based on polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism, while Anisakis simplex sensu stricto was found only in Scomber scombrus caught in the Mediterranean Sea (Fishing Areas 37), in the Spanish coast (Fishing Areas 37) and in the Atlantic Ocean (Fishing Areas 34). Larvae of the genus Pseudoterranova were found only in fish caught in the Norwegian Sea.

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Ferrantelli V, Cicero A, Costa A, Alongi A, Palumbo P, Graci S, Giangrosso G. Anisakidae in fishing products sold in Sicily. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2014 Apr. 28 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];3(2). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2014.1719

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