Trypanosoma cruzi: Time for International Recognition as a Foodborne Parasite

Lucy J Robertson; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya; Oscar Noya González; Paul R Torgerson

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004656

Trypanosoma cruzi: Time for International Recognition as a Foodborne Parasite

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Jun 2;10(6):e0004656. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004656. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Authors

Lucy J Robertson¹, Brecht Devleesschauwer^{2

3}, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya⁴, Oscar Noya González^{5

6}, Paul R Torgerson⁷

Affiliations

¹ Parasitology Lab, Section for Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Adamstuen-Campus, Oslo, Norway.
² Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Emerging Pathogens Institute and Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.
⁴ Immunology Section, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
⁵ Biohelmintiasis Section, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
⁶ Centro para Estudios Sobre Malaria, Instituto de Altos Estudios "Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldón", Instituto Nacional de Higiene, MPPS, Caracas, Venezuela.
⁷ Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Chagas Disease / economics
Chagas Disease / epidemiology
Chagas Disease / parasitology*
Chagas Disease / transmission*
Cold Temperature
Cooking
Food Parasitology*
Food Storage
Foodborne Diseases / parasitology*
Global Health / economics
Global Health / trends
Humans
Internationality
Neglected Diseases
Trypanosoma cruzi / physiology*

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work, but discussion on this topic between three authors (LJR, BD, and PRT) was a collaboration within the framework of EURO-FBP, the European network for foodborne parasites, COST Action FA1408. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.