ABSTRACT
This chapter provides state-of-the-art overviews on foodborne diseases caused by Nanophyetus in relation to their etiology, biology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The genus Nanophyetus comprises two trematode species that are parasites of salmons in the coast of the US Pacific Northwest, Canada, and East Siberia, where human cases of Nanophyetus infection have been documented after ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked salmon meat containing the parasites. Pacific Northwest, Canada, and East Siberia, where human cases of Nanophyetus infection have been documented after ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked salmon meat containing the parasites. The genus Nanophyetus constitutes one of the two recognized genera in the family Nanophyetidae, suborder Troglotremata, order Plagiorchiida, subclass Digenea, class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes, and kingdom Animalia. Nanophyetus has a complex life cycle requiring two intermediate hosts and a definitive host, and involving several stages of development.
