Epidemiological data on food-borne parasitic zoonoses in Japan is obscure because of the lack of legislated registration system for the incidence of such diseases. Attempts were made to draw rough estimates of the current status of food-borne parasitic diseases in Japan by gathering the annual incidence of each diseases by literal survey and personal communications. In addition, parasitic disea...

Campylobacter jejuni, a widespread food-borne pathogen is responsible for enteritis in the populations of both industrialised and developing nations and is acquired by consumption of contaminated water, milk and food products. Contaminated poultry meat is regarded as an important source of campylobacteriosis, with both commercial broiler and turkey growing flocks infected at two to three weeks ...

Three cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection were successively reported to the Niigata City Public Health and Sanitation Center (the Niigata City Public Health) by clinics in Niigata City, Japan on May 15 and 16, 2006. Another case of HAV infection was reported to the Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka Public Health Center on May 10, 2006. The Niigata City Public Health suspected a mass outbreak o...

Food-borne trematodes constitute a family of lung, liver and intestinal flukes that have parasitized mankind and domesticated animals since the distant past. In the modern global village, food-borne trematodes present a daunting challenge of infection with severe morbidity, despite being highly neglected as causes of disease. Urbanization is the population shift from rural to urban centers, as ...