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Food Safety in Developing Countries: Common Foodborne and Waterborne Illnesses, Regulations, Organizational Structure, and Challenges of Food Safety in the Context of Nepal

Food Frontiers, Volume 6, Issue 1, Page 86-123, January 2025.
Food safety presents a global challenge, contributing to 600 million cases of foodborne diseases and 420,000 fatalities annually worldwide. A multisectoral One Health approach involving collaboration among government agencies, food industry stakeholders, consumers, and civil society organizations is imperative to enhance food safety in developing ...
Deepak Subedi, Madhav Paudel, Sandesh Poudel, Niranjan Koirala   +3 more
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Molecular typing of Cyclospora cayetanensis in produce and clinical samples using targeted enrichment of complete mitochondrial genomes and next-generation sequencing

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Outbreaks of cyclosporiasis, a diarrheal illness caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, have been a public health issue in the USA since the mid 1990’s.
Hediye Nese Cinar, Gopal Gopinath, Helen R. Murphy, Sonia Almeria, Mauricio Durigan, Dajung Choi, AhYoung Jang, Eunje Kim, RaeYoung Kim, Seonju Choi, Jeongu Lee, Yurim Shin, Jieon Lee, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Theresa K. Benedict, Henry S. Bishop, Alexandre da Silva   +16 more
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From Soil to Salad: Strategies for Reducing Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2025.
This review highlights the importance of early preventive measures against pathogenic bacterial contamination in leafy green vegetables, starting from preharvest stages, due to the increasing consumption of minimally processed or raw foods. It emphasizes the role of soil and irrigation water as contamination sources and advocates for strict production ...
Ukti Bimal Sheth, Md Ariful Haque, Min Ji Jang, Samuel Haruna, Tony V. Johnston, Deokyeong Choe, Ying Gao, Seockmo Ku   +7 more
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Cyclosporiasis: Clinical and Histopathologic Correlates [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1999
Although the histopathologic changes associated with Cyclospora cayetanensis infection have been previously described, the histopathology and the appearance of various life cycle stages have not been correlated with severity, stage, and duration of clinical disease.
B A, Connor, J, Reidy, R, Soave
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Cyclosporiasis Surveillance — United States, 2011–2015 [PDF]

MMWR. Surveillance Summaries, 2019
Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, which is transmissible by ingestion of fecally contaminated food or water. Cyclosporiasis is most common in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In the United States, foodborne outbreaks of cyclosporiasis have been linked to various types of imported fresh
Casillas, Shannon M., Hall, Rebecca L., Herwaldt, Barbara L.   +2 more
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Establishing Priorities for National Communicable Disease Surveillance

, 2000
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 21-24, 2000.
Jo-Anne Doherty
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Cyclospora and Cyclosporiasis: The Nepalese Perspective

Zoonoses
Cyclosporiasis is an emerging disease that is ubiquitous in humans and other animals worldwide. Cyclospora cayetanensis , which is distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions, and endemic in several developing countries, is the only species of ...
Pitambar Dhakal, Junqiang Li, Bishnu Maya K.C., Yin Fu, Yuancai Chen, Longxian Zhang   +5 more
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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of travel-associated cyclosporiasis in Santiago, Chile: Descriptive analysis over 5 years

New Microbes and New Infections
Background: Cyclospora cayetanensis is a neglected intestinal parasite and emerging cause of gastrointestinal illness in travelers. The global distribution, life cycle, and clinical features of cyclosporiasis remain poorly understood.
Camila Quiñones, Lorena Porte, Valeska Vollrath, Thomas Weitzel   +3 more
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The nexus between improved water supply and water-borne diseases in urban areas in Africa: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

AAS Open Research, 2020
Introduction: Currently, an estimated two thirds of the world population is water insufficient. As of 2015, one out of every five people in developing countries do not have access to clean sufficient drinking water.
Nyamai Mutono, James Wright, Henry Mutembei, Josphat Muema, Mair Thomas, Mumbua Mutunga, Samuel Mwangi Thumbi   +6 more
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Cyclospora cayetanensis: First report of imported and autochthonous infections in Kuwait

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction: The intestinal coccidian parasites Cryptosporidium spp. and Cyclospora cayetanensis have emerged as significant human pathogens worldwide.
Jamshaid Iqbal, Parsotam Ravjee Hira, Faiza Al-Ali, Nabila Khalid   +3 more
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