Trypanosoma cruzi: Time for International Recognition as a Foodborne Parasite

Outbreaks of foodborne Chagas disease are documented from 1966 [15] and oral transmission may always have been the usual infection route between wild and domestic fauna; stercorarian transmission is relatively inefficient, and fur and thick skin create a barrier for cutaneous penetration [10,16]. [....

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Published in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016-06, Vol.10 (6), p.e0004656-e0004656
Main Authors: Robertson, Lucy J, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Alarcón de Noya, Belkisyolé, Noya González, Oscar, Torgerson, Paul R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Chagas disease
Chagas Disease - economics
Chagas Disease - epidemiology
Chagas Disease - parasitology
Chagas Disease - transmission
Cold Temperature
Cooking
Disease transmission
Food contamination & poisoning
Food Parasitology
Food Storage
Foodborne Diseases - parasitology
Global Health - economics
Global Health - trends
Humans
Internationality
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Neglected Diseases
Outbreaks
Parasites
Patients
Pharmaceutical industry
Risk factors
Tropical diseases
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi - physiology
Vector-borne diseases
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Summary:Outbreaks of foodborne Chagas disease are documented from 1966 [15] and oral transmission may always have been the usual infection route between wild and domestic fauna; stercorarian transmission is relatively inefficient, and fur and thick skin create a barrier for cutaneous penetration [10,16]. [...]although we can better recognize outbreaks of foodborne Chagas disease, there seems to be little doubt that foodborne transmission is increasingly reported. Since 2010, over 16 outbreaks of foodborne Chagas disease have been reported from at least four countries, involving around 170 individuals and a dozen deaths [15].
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004656