foodborne parasite

foodborne parasite

Public health A parasite acquired from food–eg, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium parvum, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Anisakis spp and related worms, Diphyllobothrium spp, Nanophyetus spp, Eustrongylides spp, Acanthamoeba and free-living amoebae, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura