More than 70 people have fallen sick in a Cryptosporidium outbreak linked to a petting farm in Wales.
In its latest update, Public Health Wales (PHW) reported that 74 people were now affected, up from 47. The third meeting of the multi-agency outbreak control team was held this past week.
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A review of food and waterborne parasites in Kenya has highlighted gaps in surveillance, which researchers say means there is limited data to help inform public health interventions.
In Kenya, the prevalence of intestinal infections is high due to the warm tropical climate and socioeconomic factors.
A scoping review evaluated
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a call for data and experts relating to parasites in food.
Approximately 30 percent of foodborne illnesses globally are caused by parasitic infections, according to FAO.
The agency is working to update scientific advice on the detection, prevention, inactivation, and other
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Scientists have predicted that the rate of foodborne trematode infections will remain stable up to 2030.
Foodborne trematodiases, including clonorchiasis, fascioliasis, fasciolopsiasis, opisthorchiasis, and paragonimiasis, are a neglected public health problem, particularly in the WHO South East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
Infections from the parasites typically occur through ingestion
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Scientists in the Czech Republic have described the first domestic case of infection with a parasite.
Diphyllobothriasis (dibothriocephalosis) is caused by the human broad tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus. The source of infection is fish consumption, such as pike and perch.
Except for a few imported infections, no cases of human diphyllobothriasis
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A risk assessment in Norway has supported previous findings showing it is unlikely that Echinococcus multilocularis will be imported into the country via contaminated produce.
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) reviewed data on the contamination of fresh produce with the parasite, the spread of Echinococcus multilocularis
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The European Commission has named the labs that will lead work on bacteria, parasites, and viruses.
The European Reference Laboratories (EURLs) are for food- and water-borne bacteria, food- and water-borne viruses, and food-, water- and vector-borne helminths and protozoa.
EURLs are designated for seven years and will be funded under
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Researchers have detailed an outbreak that sickened dozens of people in Italy in 2022 caused by a parasite after people ate fish in a restaurant.
Opisthorchis felineus is a trematode causing a foodborne infection transmitted by eating raw or partially cooked infected freshwater fish.
An opisthorchiasis outbreak occurred in May 2022
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Argentina has approved a new national plan on the prevention and control of Trichinella.
The National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa) said the move updates the regulations on the management of the disease throughout the country.
The aim is to reduce cases in humans through the early detection of
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Researchers have provided details about one of the largest Cryptosporidium outbreaks in England in recent years.
The outbreak of Cryptosporidium parvum was associated with a multi-day lamb petting event in the south-west of England in 2023. The primary hypothesis was that exposure to lambs within designated petting pens was the source of Cryptosporidium.
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