Quantitative assessment of contamination of fresh food produce of various retail types by human-virulent microsporidian spores.
This study demonstrated that fresh food produce, such as berries, sprouts, and green-leafed vegetables, sold at the retail level can contain potentially viable microsporidian spores of human-virulent species, such as Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon intestinalis, and Encephalitozoon cuniculi, at quantities representing a threat of food-borne infection.
Jedrzejewski
Szymon
S
Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland.
Graczyk
Thaddeus K
TK
Slodkowicz-Kowalska
Anna
A
Tamang
Leena
L
Majewska
Anna C
AC
D000818:Animals; D019649:Food Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005638:Fruit / Q000469:parasitology*; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000235:genetics*; D011044:Poland; D014675:Vegetables / Q000469:parasitology*