Sair A I, D'Souza D H, Jaykus L A
The authors are with the Dept. of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, North Carolina.
Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2002 Jul;1(2):73-89. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2002.tb00008.x.
Recent epidemiological evidence indicates that enteric viruses are the leading cause of foodborne disease in the U.S.A. and, indeed, worldwide. Certainly, advances in epidemiology and molecular biology have improved the ability to study this previously elusive group of foodborne pathogens. The purpose of this article is to review the agents, transmission routes, epidemiology, persistence, diagnosis, and detection of foodborne viruses and their diseases, with specific reference to the role that contemporary technologies have had in improving our understanding of this important group of emerging foodborne pathogens.
近期的流行病学证据表明，肠道病毒是美国乃至全球食源性疾病的主要病因。当然，流行病学和分子生物学的进展提高了研究这一此前难以捉摸的食源性病原体群体的能力。本文旨在综述食源性病毒及其所致疾病的病原体、传播途径、流行病学、持续性、诊断和检测，并特别提及当代技术在增进我们对这一重要的新兴食源性病原体群体的理解方面所发挥的作用。
