CDC: Alaskan Wild Salmon May Have Japanese Tapeworm
A study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week states that wild salmon caught in Alaska could be infected with Japanese broad tapeworm--a parasite previously believed to only infect fish in Asia.
According to CDC’s study--Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Tapeworm Larvae in Salmon from North America--there are four Pacific salmon species that are known to carry Japanese tapeworm infections in humans--chum, masu, pink and sockeye.