Dear Editor

I would like to draw your attention to “marrara syndrome”, afood borne parasitic infection induced by lingutula serrata. aswe know, the name of marrara syndrome is originated frommarrara, a popular meal in sudan prepared form raw liver andlung of sheep or goat. high infection rate of l. serrata in humanpopulation of some areas of sudan is attributed to theconsumption of this meal. according to the current scientificdatabase, l. serrata is more prevalent in some african andasian countries such as sudan, lebanon and iran compared withthe other areas of the world. moreover, consumption of raw orundercooked edible offal is a common habit in some parts ofthese regions. so, populations of these countries are at relativelyhigh risk of infection.molecular techniques are the best ways to study this issue.since molecular epidemiology of l. serrata is still unknown, thereasons for such high prevalence in domestic animals andconsequent food of animal origin are not clear yet.on the other hand, it is not still known if the isolated nymphspertaining to edible offal of different hosts are exactly the sameor not. so, it seems that the first step to achieve more scientificinformation about this question is to study more about molecularepidemiology of the nymphs isolated from edible liver or lung ofanimals. therefore, since the l. serrata is a problematic hazardin some african and asian countries, native researchers shouldstudy more about molecular analysis of this food borne parasite.