Parasite of the Month



Anisakiasis

A major health hazard associated with the eating of raw fish has been attributed to parasitic infections. Anisakiasis has been recently become a leading problem in not only Japan but also U.S.A, Korea, and the other countries where people like eating sushi or sashimi. This diease caused by an infection of Anisakinae larvae, which are the visceral larva migrans following an infection by Anisakis larvae or related nematodes.
from General Survey of Anisakis and Anisakiasis in Japan by Ishikura, H. In Gastric Anisakiasis in Japan. Epidemology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, 3pp.

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If you feel epigastric pain after eating raw fish like sushi or sashimi, you had better go to physician and check your stomach by a gastroscope. In some cases, you can see a larva which is penetrating your stomach wall. In this patient, severe gastric ulcer and hemorrage were noticed.

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A larva sometime goes through stomach and reaches terminal ileum. Then the larva penetrates into intestinal wall causing ileus.

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Pathologically Anisakis larva shows unique features and numerous eosinophils were infiltrated arround the larva.

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Anisakis larvae were parasitized in many fishes. Before you eat them, beware of the larva in the fish like this photograph.


Parasite of the Previous Months Collections
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