Table 1. Helminths transmitted by foods (e20–e22).
Food | Pathogen |
Fish, if raw or insufficiently heated | Anisakis and Pseudoterranova, Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis, Diphyllobothrium latum |
Pork | Taenia solium |
Beef | Taenia saginata |
Watercress, water spinach etc. | Fasciola |
Shellfish and crustaceans | Paragonimus |
Fish, frogs, snakes, pets fed with fish | Gnathostoma |
Pork, wild boar, bear, horse, walrus etc. | Trichinella |