Topic
Emerging Infectious Diseases
3 published works
Food Safety News
Scientists urge Anisakis focus after parasite findings
Researchers have found Anisakis larvae in tested samples of fish in Slovakia and called on authorities to step up monitoring of marine parasites. Scientists revealed extensive infection of fish products…
Worms & Germs Blog
Oddball hookworm infection in a person
By Scott Weese
People sometimes get frustrated when I won’t say “absolutely, positively that cannot happen.” It’s not that I don’t understand or am afraid to make a decision, it’s biology. I can…
Worms & Germs Blog
VRE in Arctic birds
By Scott Weese
In the same edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases as a report on Campylobacter jejuni in macaroni penguins in Antarctica, there is a report about vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in glaucous gulls in…