Foodborne and Waterborne Parasites: The Next Frontier of Food Safety
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitic Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 June 2024 | Viewed by 2685
Special Issue Editors
Interests: foodborne parasites; fresh produce; microscopy; molecular detection; epidemiology
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Interests: parasitic diseases; Apicomplexa; gastrointestinal nematodes; epidemiology; ruminants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few years, foodborne and waterborne parasites (FBPs and WBPs) have received less attention than bacteria and viruses and represent a neglected pathogen group. To date, they are increasingly being recognized as a global public health challenge. In fact, not only have food items and water been found to be contaminated by pathogenic parasites, many of zoonotic concern, in several studies available in the literature, but a significant number of outbreaks linked to their consumption have been reported over the years.
Many changes taking place worldwide can contribute to the spread of FBPs and WBPs: globalization and the movement of people due to tourism or emi-/immigration and the international trade of food products have inevitably increased the risk of acquiring exotic infections.
Social changes are also involved: the growing demand and increased consumption of raw foods and animal products from organic and/or animal friendly breeding environments has led to a rise in parasitic infections.
On the other hand, the lack of harmonized surveillance systems at the national and supranational level and the inadequacy of the currently available diagnostic techniques and reporting systems mean that the spread of foodborne and/or waterborne infections is probably widely underestimated.
Therefore, given the need for scientific research on these neglected pathogens from several points of view, we invite you to submit review or original research articles related to foodborne and waterborne parasites, ranging from surveillance, epidemiology and public health to sampling strategies and detection methods, from diagnosis to prevention and control and from the assessment of viability and infectivity of the parasitic forms contaminating food and water to traditional and innovative methods for decontaminating them.
Dr. Alessandra Barlaam
Dr. Alessia L. Gazzonis
Dr. Antonio Bosco
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- foodborne parasites
- waterborne parasites
- contamination
- detection
- food safety
