ABSTRACT
The ‘sh-borne parasitic zoonoses previously known as Terranovasis and Contracaeciasis, being related to the larval nematodes of the genera Pseudoterranova and Contracaecum, respectively, as causative agents of the disease in humans, are currently better recognized in the general term of “Anisakidosis.” The last includes, indeed, the disease provoked by the nematodes belonging to the Family Anisakidae, and thus, also those zoonotic aspects produced by Anisakis spp larvae. Historically, the “codworm” or “sealworm” Pseudoterranova decipiens s.l. (= Phocanema decipiens) has been considered to have the potential to cause the ‘sh-borne zoonosis Anisakidosis. However, far fewer cases of anisakidosis ascribed to Pseudoterranova are known in the literature compared with those attributed to Anisakis spp larvae.
