Diagnosis of foodborne viral infections in patients.
A significant global problem is the microbiological contamination of foods and water. The microorganisms associated with about half of the foodborne disease outbreaks still go unrecognized, primarily as a result of inadequate diagnostic methods and sampling. A significant amount of food- and waterborne diseases are associated with viruses, information that has been obtained only in recent years. Improved diagnostic methods have established that caliciviruses are the most important non-bacterial pathogens associated with food- and waterborne outbreaks, and are the major cause of seafood-associated gastroenteritis.
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Department of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Karolinski Institute, Solna. lensve@mbox.ki.se
D002139:Caliciviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D001257:Mamastrovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D017747:Seafood / Q000821:virology*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology