Impact of seafood regulations for Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection and verification by analyses of seafood contamination and infection.
Epidemiol Infect
; 142(11): 2237-47, 2014 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-25078437
ABSTRACT
Consumption of seafood contaminated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus causes foodborne infections, which are on the rise owing to increased consumption of raw seafood in Asia, Europe, North America, and other regions. V. parahaemolyticus infections have been common in Japan since the 1960s. Following an epidemic in 1997, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare instituted regulations for seafood in 1999, which appear to be reducing V. parahaemolyticus infections. In this review, we describe the scientific findings for these regulations. Analyses of the V. parahaemolyticus serotypes and isolate characteristics in samples from infected patients and contaminated seafood are discussed. In addition, based on the results of a survey, we show that new food safety regulations have led to improvements in food hygiene at many seafood retail shops, food service facilities, and restaurants. This example from Japan could be of immense help to control foodborne infections in other countries.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vibrioses
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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Contaminação de Alimentos
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Inocuidade dos Alimentos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epidemiol Infect
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão