Molecular genotyping of anisakis larvae in Middle Eastern Japan and endoscopic evidence for preferential penetration of normal over atrophic mucosa.

Molecular genotyping of anisakis larvae in Middle Eastern Japan and endoscopic evidence for preferential penetration of normal over atrophic mucosa.

BACKGROUND: Anisakiasis is a parasitic disease caused primarily by Anisakis spp. larvae in Asia and in Western countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the genotype of Anisakis larvae endoscopically removed from Middle Eastern Japanese patients and to determine whether mucosal atrophy aff...

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Main Authors: Toshio Arai, Nobuaki Akao, Takenori Seki, Takashi Kumagai, Hirofumi Ishikawa, Nobuo Ohta, Nobuto Hirata, So Nakaji, Kenji Yamauchi, Mitsuru Hirai, Toshiyasu Shiratori, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Fujii, Eiji Ishii, Mikio Naito, Shin-ichi Saitoh, Toshikazu Yamaguchi, Nobumitsu Shibata, Masamune Shimo, Toshihiro Tokiwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3938461?pdf=render

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