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Abstract
Infection with roundworms of the genus ANISAKIS. Human infection results from the consumption of fish harboring roundworm larvae. The worms may cause acute NAUSEA; VOMITING; or penetrate into the wall of the DIGESTIVE TRACT where they give rise to EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA in the STOMACH; INTESTINES; or the OMENTUM.
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- Anisakis Infection
- Anisakiases
- Anisakis Infections
- Infection, Anisakis
- Infections, Anisakis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Nematode Infections (1967-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Anisakiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017129. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017129
- Anisakiasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisakiasis
- Anisakiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3091959