title: Incidence of Aeromonas spp. infection in fish and chicken meat and its related public health hazards: A review.
abstract: Aeromonas is recognized to cause a variety of diseases in man. In humans, they are associated with intestinal and extra-intestinal infections. With the growing importance of Aeromonas as an emerging pathogen, it is important to combat this organism. It is indisputable that Aeromonas strains may produce many different putative virulence factors such as enterotoxins, hemolysins or cytotoxins, and antibiotic resistance against different antibiotics. The ability of these bacteria to grow competitively at 5°C may be indicative of their potential as a public health hazard. Comprehensive enteric disease surveillance strategies, prevention and education are essential for meeting the challenges in the years ahead. It is important for us to promote the value of enteric cultures when patients have a gastrointestinal illness or bloody diarrhea or when multiple cases of enteric disease occur after a common exposure. With the growing importance of Aeromonas as an emerging pathogen, it is important to combat this organism. It is indisputable that Aeromonas strains may produce many different putative virulence factors, such as enterotoxins, hemolysins or cytotoxins. It has been established that aerolysin is a virulence factor contributing to the pathogenesis of Aeromonas hydrophila infection. Fish and chicken play an important role in the transmission of this pathogen to humans. In the present study, the high prevalence of toxin-producing strains was found among the Aeromonas isolates. The ability of these bacteria to grow competitively at 5°C may be indicative of their potential as a public health hazard. The present review was constructed with a view to highlight the zoonotic importance of Aeromonas pathogen in fish and chicken meat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kolkata - 700037, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Praveen Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Praveen
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kolkata - 700037, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Chanchal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kolkata - 700037, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Shashank
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shekhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kolkata - 700037, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Nirupama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dalai
authors.affiliation: Department of Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata - 700037, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Subha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganguly
keywords: Aeromonas; antibiotic resistance; chicken; fish; public health