Contamination level and ingestion dose of foodborne pathogens associated with infections

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1505-1510

  Hara Kudo, Y ^a   Takatori, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contamination level; Foodborne infections; Foodborne pathogen; Infectious dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; INFECTION RATE; INGESTION; INGESTION DOSE; JAPAN; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL LOAD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EATING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; JAPAN;

EID: 80053074988     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881000292X     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. FAO/WHO. Principles and guidelines for incorporating microbiological risk assessment in development of food safety standards, guidelines and related texts. Report of a Joint FAO/WHO consultation, 2002.
2. Levine MM, et al. Escherichia coli strains that cause diarrhea but do not produce heat labile or heat-stable enterotoxins and are non invasive. Lancet 1978; 8074: 1119-1122. (Pubitemid 8356436)
3. McCullough NB, Eisele CW. Experimental human salmonellosis. Pathogenicity of strains of Salmonella meleagridis and Salmonella anatum obtained from spray-dried whole egg. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1951; 88: 278-290.
4. Szita MI, Kali M, Redey B. Incidence of Yersinia enterocolitica infection in Hungary. Contributions to Microbiology and Immunology 1973; 2: 106-110.
5. Vought KJ, Tatini SR. Salmonella enteritidis contamination of ice cream associated with a 1994 multistate outbreak. Journal of Food Protection 1998; 61: 5-10. (Pubitemid 28084418)
6. D'Aoust JY, Maurer J. Salmonella species. In: Doyle MP, Beuchat LR, eds. Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers, 3rd edn. Washington, DC: ASM Press, 2007, pp. 187-236.
7. Hennessy TW, et al. A national outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infections from ice cream. New England Journal of Medicine 1996; 334: 1281-1286. (Pubitemid 26138008)
8. Szczawinski J, Klusek A, Szczawinska ME. Parameters of growth curves of Salmonella Enteritidis subjected to conventional heat or microwave treatment. Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy 2009; 53: 627-632.
9. Konuma H. Studies on behavior of pathogenic bacteria in foods and physicochemical factors [in Japanese]. Food Sanitation Research 1997; 47: 67-77.
10. Meng J, et al. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. In: Doyle MP, Beuchat LR, eds. Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers, 3rd edn. Washington DC: ASM Press, 2007, pp. 249-269.
11. Tuttle J, Gimez T, Doyle MP. Lessons from a large outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections : Insights into the infectious dose and method of widespread contamination of hamburger patties. Epidemiology and Infection 1999; 122: 185-192. (Pubitemid 29216804)
12. Smith JL, Fratamico PM. Diarrhea-inducing Escherichia coli. In: Fratamico PM, Bhunia AK, Smith JL, eds. Foodborne Pathogens Microbiology and Molecular Biology. Norfolk, NR: Caister Academic Press, 2005, pp. 357-382.
13. Tsurumi K. Establishment of standards and requirements for seafoods to prevent foodborne infections caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus under the food sanitation law [in Japanese]. Food Sanitation Research 2001; 51: 7-13.
14. Enokimoto M, et al. Enumeration and identification of Campylobacter species in the liver and bile of slaughtered cattle. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2007; 118: 259-263. (Pubitemid 47391060)
15. Black RE, et al. Experimental Campylobacter jejuni infection in humans. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1988; 157: 427-479.
16. Robinson DA. Infective dose of Campylobacter jejuni in milk. British Medical Journal 1981; 282: 1584. (Pubitemid 11098216)