CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 472-477.

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Investigation of Anisakis spp. larva infection in marine fish for sale in Yantai City

Wen-qian ZHANG1, Xiao-tong REN1, Yu-qi ZHAO1, Xin-xin GAI1, Yu-mei ZHANG2, Xue-lian BAI2,*()   

  1. 1 Clinical Medical Science College
    2 Department of Pathogen and Biology in Basic Medical Science College, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264003, China
  • Received:2017-04-14 Online:2017-10-30 Published:2018-01-08
  • Contact: Xue-lian BAI E-mail:xuelianbai99@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Natural Science Fund of Shandong Province (No. ZR2016HM19), Teaching Reformation for College and University Project of Shandong Province (No. 2012376) and College Students’ Science and Technology Innovation Project of Binzhou Medical University (No. BY2015DKCX012)

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the infection status of marine fish sold in Yantai City by Anisakis spp. Methods Marine fish of different species were randomly purchased from seafood markets in Yantai City from January to December 2016. The fish were dissected to find and collect Anisakis larvae from the viscera and muscle. The larvae species were identified under a light microscope. The Anisakis larvae infection status in fish was analyzed in different aspects of fish species, visceral organs and fish body weight. Results A total of 256 marine fishes of 14 species were dissected. The overall infection rate was 66.4% (170/256) and the average infection intensity was 14.8 larvae/fish. Those fishes with top infection rate included Pneumatophorus japonicas (100%, 26/26), Trichiurus lepturus (92.3%, 24/26), Platycephalus indicus (92.0%, 23/25) and Sebastodes fuscescens (85.7%, 18/21). The average infection intensity of them was 25.1, 21.1, 12.2, and 24.9 larvae/fish, respectively. Other species with comparatively lower infection rate were Monopterus albus (80.0%, 6.3 larvae/fish), Prognichthys agooz (70.0%, 3.3 larvae/fish), Larimichthys polyactis (66.0%, 11.7 larvae/fish), Scomberomorus niphonius (52.0%, 9.1 larvae/fish), Cleisthenes herzensteini (50.0%, 1.8 larvae/fish), Clupea pallasi (44.4%, 9.5 larvae/fish) and Tylosurus melanotus (38.1%, 2.0 larvae/fish). No infection was found in Pampus argenteus, Thamnaconus modestus and Perca fluviatilis. The Anisakis spp. larvae were mainly located at mesentery and intestinal walls as well as gastric wall and gonad. There were also varied relationships between infection intensity and weight among different fish species. The infection intensity of 0.25-0.35 kg P. japonicus, 0.16-0.20 kg T. lepturus, 0.16-0.25 kg P. indicus, 0.05-0.10 kg L. polyactis, 0.17-0.26 kg S. fuscescens and 0.81-1.00 kg S. niphonius was 46.5, 27.2, 18.0, 12.0, 42.7 and 68.0 larvae/fish, respectively. Among those species, the infection intensity decreased with the increase of body weight in S. fuscescens (r = 0.484, P < 0.05) and L. polyactis (r = -0.633, P < 0.01), but increased with body weight in S. niphonius (r = 0.740, P < 0.01). However, for P. japonicas, T. lepturus and P. indicus, neither relationship was found (r = -0.237, -0.080, -0.196, P < 0.05). Conclusion There is a high infection rate (above 85%) of Anisakis larvae in P. japonicas, T. lepturus, P. indicus and S. fuscescens from the seafood markets in Yantai City.

Key words: Marine fish, Anisakis spp., Infection, Yantai City

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