加纳沙切水的微生物安全性:系统性审查
Wisdom K Ahiabor1, Eric S Donkor1
1Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana.
Environmental health insights
|January 29, 2025
概括
加纳的沙切水经常被细菌和寄生虫污染,造成公共卫生风险. 更严格的标准和安全的处理对于确保居民的安全饮用水至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 获得安全饮用水是一个全球性的挑战,特别是在发展中国家.
- 西非的快速城市化增加了对袋装水的依赖,这是加纳的热门选择.
- 人们对袋装水的微生物安全性存在担忧,尽管它被广泛消费.
研究的目的:
- 审查加纳袋装水中微生物污染物的现有研究.
- 为提供加纳消费的袋装水的微生物质量概述.
- 为了确定袋装水中的关键微生物威胁.
主要方法:
- 在遵守PRISMA指南的基础上进行系统审查.
- 在主要的科学数据库和谷歌学者中进行全面的文献搜索.
- 从符合条件的关于袋子水微生物质量的研究中提取和分析数据.
主要成果:
- 28项研究 (2003-2024) 分析了2,276个水袋样本.
- 76%的样品 (1727) 呈现出微生物污染.
- 常见的污染物包括诸如大肠杆菌 (Escherichia coli) 这样的细菌和诸如虫 (Cyclospora cayetanensis) 和虫 (Cryptosporidium parvum) 这样的寄生虫.
结论:
- 加纳的袋装水由于微生物污染,对公共卫生构成重大风险.
- 建议实施严格的制造,卫生标准和安全处理实践.
- 需要进一步的研究来调查病毒和真菌污染物,以进行全面的评估.
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