toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease and ubiquitous in the world. infection rate in the tropical and subtropical regions with high humidity is higher than other areas. the rate is lower in dry regions whether hot or cold. more than 200 species of warmblooded animals are intermediate hosts and cats or members of the carnivore family felidae have been found to be definitive hosts.' in iran in...

s and proceedings published in international journals : Hajós Gy., Gelencsér É., Szerdahelyi E., Bardocz S., Pusztai A.: Enzymatic modification as a tool for improving the quality of food proteins in: "COST 98 Effects of antinutrients of the nutritial value of legume diets" (Eds: S. Bardocz, A. Pusztai) Official Publications of the European Communities, Brussels, 1, 69-74 (1996) Hajós Gy., Gele...

Pork and pork products are important staple food in the diet of Vietnamese consumers. The safety pork, including biological contamination, is a concern to several public authorities value chain actors. This cross-sectional study aimed identify Salmonella total bacterial count (TBC) contamination cut sold different outlets, determine potential factors leading contamination. A 671 samples were co...

Staphylococcal food poisoning is one of the most frequent foodborne illnesses worldwide and it is caused by the ingestion of food contaminated with enterotoxins produced by some strains of Staphylococcus (S.) aureus. In the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Southern Brazil, S. aureus has been identified as the second most frequent agent of foodborne illnesses in the last two decades. The aim of ...

Food adulteration is one of the leading causes of health risks around the world and particularly in developing countries like China. Food adulteration could be the result of unintentional negligence or incompetence such as the case of bacterial contamination due to bad hygiene practices. However, many incidents of food adulteration are intentional and are motivated by malicious intentions (e.g....

Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease and ubiquitous in the world. Infection rate in the tropical and subtropical regions with high humidity is higher than other areas. The rate is lower in dry regions whether hot or cold. More than 200 species of warmblooded animals are intermediate hosts and cats or members of the carnivore family Felidae have been found to be definitive hosts.' In Iran in...

Spoilage in meat is the result of the action of microorganisms and results in changes of meat and microbial metabolism. This process may include pathogenic food poisoning bacteria such as Salmonella typhimurium, and it is important that these are differentiated from the natural spoilage process caused by non-pathogenic microorganisms. In this study we investigated the application of metabolic p...

To the Editor: Since 1997, routine surveillance has demonstrated periodic reemergence of infl uenza A (H5N1) viruses (avian infl uenza) in retail markets in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (1,2), leading to stepped implementation (progressively implementing more measures over time) of measures to reduce human exposure to infl uenza subtype H5N1. From 2006 through November 2008, progressiv...