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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research Letter

Zoonotic Marine Nematode Infection of Fish Products in Landlocked Country, Slovakia

Mikuláš OrosComments to Author , Daniel Barčák, Daniela Antolová, Miroslava Fecková, and Tomáš Scholz
Author affiliations: Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia (M. Oros, D. Barčák, D. Antolová, M. Fecková); Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (T. Scholz); University of South Bohemia Faculty of Science, České Budějovice (T. Scholz)

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Anisakid larvae found in frozen (A–C, E–H) and ready-to-eat (D) Atlantic herrings (Clupea harengus), Slovakia. A) Cluster of larvae on the viscera (arrowhead). B) Larva in dorsal muscle (arrowhead). C) Larva partly embedded in the hard roe. D) Larva on the surface of the soft roe (arrowhead). E) All larvae isolated from single fish. Original magnification as indicated. F–H) Light microscope photographs of head part (F), ventriculus (G), and tail part (H) of an Anisakis simplex sensu stricto nematode. Scale bars indicate 200 µm.

Figure. Anisakid larvae found in frozen (A–C, E–H) and ready-to-eat (D) Atlantic herrings (Clupea harengus), Slovakia. A) Cluster of larvae on the viscera (arrowhead). B) Larva in dorsal muscle (arrowhead). C) Larva partly embedded in the hard roe. D) Larva on the surface of the soft roe (arrowhead). E) All larvae isolated from single fish. Original magnification as indicated. F–H) Light microscope photographs of head part (F), ventriculus (G), and tail part (H) of an Anisakis simplex sensu stricto nematode. Scale bars indicate 200 µm.

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