Anisakiasis
"Anisakiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D017129
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.508.700.100.060 C03.432.060 C06.405.469.452.060
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