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Quantitative Assessment of Contamination of Fresh Food Produce of Various Retail Types by Human-Virulent Microsporidian Spores |
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| Authors: | Szymon Jedrzejewski Thaddeus K. Graczyk Anna Slodkowicz-Kowalska Leena Tamang Anna C. Majewska |
| Abstract: | This study demonstrated that fresh food produce, such as berries, sprouts, and green-leafed vegetables, sold at the retail level can contain potentially viable microsporidian spores of human-virulent species, such as Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon intestinalis, and Encephalitozoon cuniculi, at quantities representing a threat of food-borne infection. |
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