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Anisakis allergy: unjustified social alarm versus healthy diet

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  1. Servicio de Alergia, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS), Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain

    Alvaro Daschner

  2. Section of Contaminants and Biohazards, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

    Arne Levsen & Paolo Cipriani

  3. Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

    Carmen Cuéllar del Hoyo

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Daschner, A., Levsen, A., Cipriani, P. et al. Anisakis allergy: unjustified social alarm versus healthy diet. Parasitol Res 120, 769–771 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-07029-z

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