'cebiche'--a potential source of human anisakiasis in mexico? | five fish species used for preparation of a popular dish (cebiche) made with raw fish flesh in mexico were obtained from five localities of the coast of yucatan. lutjanus synagris, gerres cinereus, sphyraena barracuda, epinephelus morio and haemulon plumieriwere examined for the presence of larvae of anisakid nematodes, causative agents of human anisakiasis. the nematode pseudoterranova sp. was found in e. morio and s. barracuda with a total prevalence of 83% and 6.5 +/- 6.2 worms per fish for e ... | 2000 | 10881286 |