Franco Don A
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Meat and Poultry Inspection Program, Regional Operations, Room 4864-5, Washington, D.C. 20250.
J Food Prot. 1988 Feb;51(2):145-153. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-51.2.145.
Studies in the past decade have demonstrated with convincing evidence that Campylobacter jejuni is an important enteric pathogen of man. The wide distribution of the organism in animal reservoirs, and in foods of animal origin makes control of this foodborne microbe a formidable undertaking. Although the vehicles that are incriminated as sources of infection are broad, most illnesses occur sporadically without a finite determination as to the mode of transmission. The problem is further amplified because an infectious zoonotic disease like Campylobacter enteritis not only occurs frequently, but is almost always unsuspected, and too often unrecognized. Factors that perpetuate the Campylobacter problem are spreading Campylobacter during animal slaughtering and processing, concentrating animals in feedlots and brooding houses, poor food handling and storage practices, environmental contamination from animal wastes and other sources. Campylobacteriosis is a universal problem and an immense challenge to all who work in the arena of food protection. The solutions for control and prevention are demanding. In addition to more needed research, close national and international cooperation is a mandate if progress will be realized in the long-term minimization, and eventual elimination of this pathogen.
过去十年的研究已提供令人信服的证据，证明空肠弯曲菌是人类重要的肠道病原体。该微生物在动物宿主以及动物性食品中广泛分布，这使得控制这种食源性微生物成为一项艰巨的任务。尽管被认定为感染源的传播媒介多种多样，但大多数病例是散发性的，无法确切确定传播方式。由于像弯曲菌肠炎这样的感染性人畜共患病不仅频繁发生，而且几乎总是未被怀疑，常常未被识别，问题进一步加剧。在动物屠宰和加工过程中传播弯曲菌、在饲养场和育雏舍集中饲养动物、不良的食品处理和储存做法、动物粪便及其他来源造成的环境污染等因素，使弯曲菌问题长期存在。弯曲菌病是一个全球性问题，对所有从事食品保护领域工作的人来说都是巨大挑战。控制和预防的解决方案要求很高。除了更多必要的研究之外，如果要在长期内最大限度减少并最终消除这种病原体方面取得进展，密切的国家和国际合作是必要的。
