Anisakis and Anisakiasis: general aspects and current situation in Colombia

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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.47

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anisakis, Colombia, emerging disease, zoonoses

Abstract

Anisakidosis is a parasitic disease derived from the consumption of infective larvae from Anisakidae family. In Europe and Asia is a public health problem, however, in Colombia and South  American countries is little nown. The objective is to review Anikids general aspects and find out about the current situation of this isease in Colombia. Search of MeSH and DeCS terms, through MEDLINE, Cochrane, Embase, and Scopus databases, complemented with grey literature from SciELO and Google Scholar, was made. One case report and six host records were included. Records of fish for human consumption from Pacific Ocean parasitized by Anisakis sp., Anisakis physeteris and Pseudoterranova decipiens are described, as well as for fish from Atlantic Ocean and inland waters with genera Pseudoterranova and Contracaecum. Anisakidosis represents a latent risk for Colombia; it is necessary to establish effective legislations for an efficient control of the emergence of this  arasitic disease, as well as to educate people about needed precautions considering fish consumption.

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Author Biographies

Jenniffer Alejandra Castellanos-Garzón, University of Valle

 
Postdoctoral researcher. TEBLAMI Research Group, Faculty of Health University of Valle, Cali, Colombia. Teacher. Faculty of Engineering, Central Unit of the Valle, Tuluá, Colombia.

Luis Felipe Falla-Zúñiga, University of Valle

Medical Student. TEBLAMI Research Group.

Liliana Salazar, University of Valle

Titular Professor. PhD Student in Biomedical Sciences, TEBLAMI Research Group.

María Carolina Pustovrh-Ramos, University of Valle

Associate Professor. Head of the Morphology Department, TEBLAMI Research Group.

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Castellanos-Garzón JA, Falla-Zúñiga LF, Salazar L, Pustovrh-Ramos MC. Anisakis and Anisakiasis: general aspects and current situation in Colombia. Iatreia [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 1 [cited 2025 Feb. 2];33(2):143-54. Available from: https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/339409

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