PRO/AH/EDR> Gnathostomiasis – USA: risk from imported eels

Gnathostomiasis — Worldwide/Unknown
Cole RA, Choudhury A, Nico LG, and Griffin KM: _Gnathostoma spinigerum_ in Live Asian Swamp Eels (_Monopterus_ spp.) from Food Markets and Wild Populations, United States. Emerg Infect Dis 2014; 20(4). doi: 10.3201/eid2004.131566; available at .

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[The study is a pertinent example of how infections can travel with imported food. It is important to emphasize that the risk of infections to humans is only if the swamp eels are consumed raw or