Sakkas, Hercules, Economou, Vangelis, Bozidis, Petros, Gousia, Panagiota, Papadopoulou, Chrissanthy ORCID: 0000-0002-1628-1009 and Karanis, Panagiotis
(2020).
Detection ofCryptosporidiumandGiardiain foods of plant origin in North-Western Greece.
J. Water Health, 18 (4).
S. 574 - 579.
LONDON:
IWA PUBLISHING.
ISSN 1477-8920
Abstract
GiardiaandCryptosporidiumare recognized as leading causes of waterborne and foodborne diarrhoeal disease with worldwide distribution. The study aimed to determine the protozoan contamination of various foods of plant origin. A total of 72 samples from 27 different varieties of fresh vegetables and fruits were collected from supermarkets and open markets in North-Western Greece and were examined using conventional diagnostic methods. Two out of 72 (2.8%) samples were found positive forCryptosporidiumoocysts, while no sample was found to be positive forGiardiacysts. The results show the presence of protozoan contamination in foods of plant origin, which may constitute a potential health hazard.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-324514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.2166/wh.2020.037 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | J. Water Health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 574 - 579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | IWA PUBLISHING | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | LONDON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1477-8920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32451 |
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