加纳的食品传播微生物危害:一个范围审查
Wisdom K Ahiabor1, Fleischer C N Kotey1, Patience B Tetteh-Quarcoo1
1Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
Environmental health insights
|July 26, 2024
概括
加纳的食源性疾病是一个主要的公共卫生问题,细菌,真菌和寄生虫经常出现在食物中. 本次审查强调需要改善食品安全实践和更严格的法规,以保护消费者免受这些微生物危害.
科学领域:
- 食品安全 食品安全
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 食物传播疾病是一个重大的全球公共卫生挑战,特别是在卫生和食品处理不充分的地区.
- 食品传播微生物危害的流行和影响往往被低估,特别是在低收入和中等收入国家.
- 加纳面临着由食物传播疾病带来的巨大负担,需要对相关危险有全面的了解.
研究的目的:
- 系统地绘制和审查加纳有关食品传播微生物危害的现有文献.
- 提供对已识别的危险类型和流行情况的概述.
- 发现当前研究中的差距,并为未来的调查提供信息.
主要方法:
- 采用了一个范围审查方法,遵循PRISMA扩展范围审查指南.
- 在主要的数据库中进行了广泛的文献搜索:PubMed,Scopus,Web of Science和谷歌学者.
- 对2001年至2023年间发表的72项研究进行了严格的三阶段选过程和数据提取.
主要成果:
- 在85%的研究中报告了细菌危害,其次是真菌 (19%),寄生虫 (11%) 和真菌毒素 (6%).
- 确定的主要危害包括大肠杆菌,菌,三虫,以及玉米和花生等主食中的亚毒素.
- 非洲毒素水平经常超过已确定的安全标准,这表明存在严重风险.
结论:
- 审查强调了加纳食品中存在的各种微生物危害,对公共健康构成相当大的风险.
- 易受伤害的人群特别容易受到这些食源性病原体和毒素的影响.
- 加强食品安全法规的执行和改善食品处理实践,特别是在非正式部门,对于保护消费者健康至关重要.
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