CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2023, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 238-240.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2023.02.019

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Investigation of Anisakis spp. infection in marine fish in Fujian Province, 2019—2021

ZHENG Dan(), LIN Chenxin, CAI Wuwei, XIE Hangguo*()   

  1. Provincial Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fuzhou 350012, China
  • Received:2022-05-28 Revised:2022-06-22 Online:2023-04-30 Published:2023-05-10
  • Contact: XIE Hangguo E-mail:349426752@qq.com;xiehanguo@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Parasite Resource Center of China(2019-194-30);Science and Technology Innovation Platform Construction Project of Fujian Province(2019Y2001)

Abstract:

To investigate the infection of Anisakis spp. larvae of marine fish in Fujian Province. From 2019—2021, two coastal cities were randomly selected in each of the three fisheries in the eastern, the central and the southern Fujian Province as survey points. The samples of marine fish were randomly collected from ports, docks, seafood markets and farmers’ markets. After dissection, the contents of the abdominal cavity were collected and the larvae of nematodes were picked out under the stereomicroscope and identified to calculate the infection rate and infectivity of Anisakis spp. A total of 515 fishes of 32 species of marine fishes were examined, of which 183 fishes of 20 species were found to be infected with Anisakis spp. larvae, and the infection rate of fingerling was 62.5%, the overall infection rate of Anisakis spp. larvae was 35.5%. The higher infection rates were found in Ilisha elongata (5/5), Michthys miiuy (5/5), Engraulis japonicus (5/5), Trichiurus lepturus 74.7% (19/23), Scomberomorus niphouius 66.7% (32/48), Girella punctata (4/6), Nibea abiflora (3/7), Pennahia argentata 36.4% (8/22), Plectorhynchus cinctus 37.5% (9/24), and Ditrema temmincki 34.7% (33/95). The difference of infection rate of Anisakis spp. larvae in different fish species and areas was statistically significant (χ2 = 192.70, P < 0.05). The infection rates of Anisakis spp. in the three fishing grounds of the eastern, the central, and the southern Fujian were 43.1% (72/167), 28.3% (66/233), and 39.1% (45/115) (χ2 = 10.12, P < 0.05). A total of 2 767 larvae of Anisakis spp. were obtained, and the average infectivity was 15.1 larvae/fish. Among them, Engraulis japonicus 137.0 larvae/fish, Trichiurus lepturus 23.7 larvae/fish, Ilisha elongata 9.2 larvae/fish, Scomberomorus niphouius 7.4 larvae/fish are highly infectivity. The Oncorhynchus sp, Pneumatophorus jqponicus et al 64 fishes of 12 species were not infected with Anisakis spp. These findings indicated the infection rate of Anisakis spp. larvae of marine fish in Fujian Province is higher, so the prevention and control should be strengthened.

Key words: Fujian Province, Marine fish, Anisakis spp., Larvae, Infection

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