مقاله انگلیسی رایگان در مورد حیوانات منبع بیماری زای مسمومیت غذایی – الزویر ۲۰۱۸

 Food-producing animals (e.g., cattle, chickens, pigs, and turkeys) are the major reservoirs for many foodborne pathogens such as Campylobacter species, non-Typhi 30 serotypes of Salmonella enterica, Shiga toxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli, and Listeria monocytogenes. The zoonotic potential of foodborne pathogens and their ability to produce toxins causing diseases or even death are sufficient to recognize the seriousness of 33the situation. Foodborne pathogens cause millions of cases of sporadic illness and chronic 34 complications, as well as large and challenging outbreaks in many countries and between countries. The magnitude of this problem is demonstrated by the significant proportion of the 1.5 billion diarrheal episodes in children less than 3 years of age that are caused by enteropathogenic microorganisms, which results in more than 3 million deaths per year (EFSA-ECDC, 2016). Surveys estimate that in the United States alone, bacterial enteric pathogens cause 9.4 million episodes of foodborne illness in humans, 55,961 hospitalizations, and 1,351 deaths each year (Scallan et al., 2011). However, it is estimated that the reported incidence of food-borne disease represents less than 1% to 10% of the real incidence (Scallan et al., 2011). The importance of food-producing animals as carriers of pathogenic bacteria is real; for example, beef is reported to be the vector of 7% of the 1.7 million cases of foodborne disease that was recorded during 1996 to 2000 in England and Wales (Anderson et al., 2009).