Anisakiasis and gastroallergic reactions associated with Anisakis pegreffii infection, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 496-499

  Mattiucci, Simonetta ^a,b   Fazii, Paolo ^c   De Rosa, Alba ^a   Paoletti, Michela ^d   Megna, Angelo Salomone ^e   Glielmo, Antonio ^e   De Angelis, Maurizio ^b   Costa, Antonella ^f   Meucci, Costantino ^g   Calvaruso, Vito ^h   Sorrentini, Italo ^e   Palma, Giuseppe ⁱ   Bruschi, Fabrizio ^j   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^c SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^e G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^g Hospital A Maresca   (Italy)

^h Unit of Neurophysiopathology   (Italy)

ⁱ The National Federation of Fishery Companies   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANCHOVY; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ITALY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; RAW FOOD; SEA FOOD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS PEGREFFII; GASTROALLERGIC ANISAKIASIS; HELMINTH ANTIGENS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITE; SEQUENCES ANALYSIS DNA; ZOONOSES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GENES, HELMINTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEAFOOD; STOMACH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84874248417     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1903.121017     Document Type: Article

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