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Article Evaluation
Article Title: Chagas Disease

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Questions:

1.) Everything in this article was relevant to the Chagas disease. A lot of what I read I remember learning in class. There wasn't really anything that distracted me.

2.) Yes, each fact is referenced with a reliable and appropriate source. A lot of the sources were large organizations, such as the World Health Organization. There did not appear to be any biases when I was reading through the article. This probably because this is about a disease, and not really about a topic that is controversial.

3.) Yes, the links work. I checked about 4 or 5 and each link brought me to a reliable source. This means that the source does support the claims in the article.

4.) When I went to the talk page, a lot of the conversations and comments were about the need to update the statistics, as this article was written in the past. Some other comments were made about the accuracy of the statistics, but that could be because of different sources yielding different statistics.

5.) This article is has a good rating, because it has been a featured article on Wikipedia before back in 2005. It has also been part of a WikiProject peer review back in 2010. Overall, I would say this article is rather well put together and successful.

Wiki Article draft- Anisakidae
The Anisakidae are a family of intestinal nematodes (roundworms). The larvae of these worms can cause anisakiasis when ingested by humans, in raw or insufficiently cooked fish.

Extension of this general statement:

The Anisakidae worms tend to infect different types of fish, birds, and even reptiles. The most prevalent being the Trigger Fish (Abalistes stellaris) and the Carp Bream (Abramis brama).

They have some traits that are common with other parasites. These include: spicules tail shapes. . Some other triats include: cuticula, oesophagus, and ventriculus.

This family of parasites have a complex life cycle, meaning that they come in contact with more than one host throughout the duration of their life. The adult Anisakidae worms lay eggs in the stomachs of many underwater organisms, cetaceans, and then these eggs are excreted from the host via fecal matter. Once these hatched larvae are in open water, they can be ingested by the crustaceans living in the water. At this stage, the prevalence, or proportion of infected hosts, is rather low. The infected crustaceans can then be eaten by different types of fish and cephalopods, where the parasite then furthers its development. Once the fish obtains the parasite, it then can reach the definitive host, or final host, through the consumption of the infected fish.

The prevalence of this parasite is higher in places that regularly consume raw fish, such as Japan, France, Spain, and other European countries. There have been reported incidents of this parasites worldwide, but not as prevalent as the above mentioned countries.

Sources:

http://eol.org/pages/2803/overview https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/anisakidae https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283444927_Parasites_of_Anisakidae_Family-Geographical_Distribution_and_Threat_to_Human_Health — Preceding unsigned comment added by AGravelle (talk • contribs) 22:29, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Kristen's peer review: -The extension of the general statement was well worded and informative -Are there any "subtopics" you could elaborate on in regards to the Anisakidae family? For example, you could make a separate section to talk about transmission or life cycles. -more information could be included for this article, maybe try including examples of cases from this parasite — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristenibrahim (talk • contribs) 20:19, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Mya's Peer Review: - Article was informative and seemed to be well organized. - Is there more information about the pathology caused by this parasite? - What are treatment options? - Move this from your talk page to your sandbox so just our peer review comments are here, that way we don't mess up the formatting by accident! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myastone16 (talk • contribs) 00:37, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello! Here are a few additional comments: - Since this page is for the family of parasites you have to be careful about talking too much about the genus Anisakis which already has a page (that may make some of the above reviewer's suggestions impossible). Are there any unifying traits for this family of organisms? What characteristics group them together taxonomically? - Make sure that you cite your references in the text. Agleichsner (talk) 16:00, 9 April 2018 (UTC)