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Foodborne Hazards and Novel Technologies in Ready‐to‐Eat Crustaceans
Biological hazards, including Listeria monocytogenes, norovirus, Salmonella, and Vibrio spp., and chemical hazards, including heavy metals, biotoxins, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products, are of great concern regarding crustaceans and their consumption.
Dongli Dong +3 more
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Following the diffusion of new eating habits (consumption of uncooked, undercooked, marinated or cold-smoked fish), some cases of parasitic zoonosis from freshwater fish are recently reappeared in Italy.
MariaLetizia Fioravanti +8 more
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Seven cases of Diphyllobothrium latum infection
Seven cases of Diphyllobothrium latum infection were proved by collection of worms after praziquantel treatment between October, 1986 and July, 1987. The patients were all males aged 20-44 years residing in Seoul or Ulungdo, Kyungpook Province. All of them had the history of eating several kinds of raw marine fishes, and they had never been to abroad ...
S H Lee +6 more
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Treating Pox, Pests and Worms: Saints, Sympathy and Materiality in Late‐Medieval English Charms
Charms were a commonplace form of medical intervention in late‐medieval England, as they allowed afflicted and ailing devotees to seek the aid of saints and biblical figures. Those holy dead who had suffered something on earth were considered particularly adept at posthumously treating the same in their devotees, with the words used to recount their ...
Elizabeth Burrell
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Dogs are popular pets that live closely with humans. However, this cohabitation allows for the transmission of zoonotic parasites to humans. In Ghana, very little is known about zoonotic parasites in dogs. We examined excrements of 154 dogs for intestinal helminthes using saturated sodium chloride as a floatation medium and further interviewed 100 dog ...
Papa Kofi Amissah-Reynolds +4 more
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ABSTRACT Parasitic infections threaten the endangered Oreochromis jipe and other ichthyic populations in Lake Jipe, thereby hindering conservation efforts. Initiatives have been made to farm O. jipe as a conservation strategy. To develop effective conservation approaches and ensure the species' survival in its natural habitat and aquaculture systems ...
Finnan O. Ageng'o +8 more
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Anthropozoonotic Endoparasites in Free‐Ranging “Urban” South American Sea Lions (Otaria flavescens)
The present study represents the first report on the gastrointestinal endoparasite fauna of a free‐ranging “urban” colony of South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) living within the city of Valdivia, Chile. A total of 40 individual faecal samples of South American sea lions were collected during the year 2012 within their natural habitat along ...
Carlos Hermosilla +4 more
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Detection of some Helminthes and Protozoa Parasites in Different Fish ponds in Sulaimani Province [PDF]
This study aimed to identify specific types of some gastrointestinal helminthes and protozoa parasites that infect the Cyprinidae (Cyprinus carpio). During the growing period, 400 fish were randomly separated, with a length range of 35–40 cm and a ...
Muqdad Ali, Bahzad Mustafa
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Intestinal parasites pose a risk to public health globally, causing a high economic burden in developing countries. Most diagnostic methods aimed at detecting these parasites in hospital settings are not sensitive to recovering parasites. Hence, the prevalence of these diseases remains a challenge in areas of poor environmental sanitation and ...
Seth Offei Addo +7 more
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In recent years, human diphyllobothriosis has staged a comeback in Swiss, French and Italian sub-alpine regions. The main putative infective source of the causative agent (the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum) in these areas is perch (Perca fluviatilis ...
Orlando PETRINI +3 more
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