Publications by authors named "Ioannis Kontogeorgos"
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- * Researchers collected 214 water samples from different sites, including wastewater treatment plants, a slaughterhouse, and rivers, and used advanced techniques like real-time PCR for analysis.
- * They found T. gondii DNA in 1.9% of the samples, indicating moderate levels of contamination, which suggests potential links to infections in humans and animals in the area.
Echinococcus multilocularis is a parasite that causes a dangerous zoonosis, alveolar echinococcosis (AE). Its presence in water sources, however, has scarcely been studied heretofore. Accordingly, 222 samples of different origin including wastewater from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) (n = 137), slaughterhouse (n = 49) as well as water from rivers (n = 26) and a cattle farm (n = 10) were collected from Xining City and a rural area in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), an endemic area.
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- Toxoplasma gondii infections are rising in China, but little is known about its presence in vegetables sold for consumption.
- A study in Xining City analyzed 279 fresh vegetable samples using advanced genetic testing, finding T. gondii DNA in 10 (3.6%) of them, predominantly type I.
- The study demonstrates that fresh vegetables in Qinghai province can be contaminated with T. gondii, highlighting potential health risks for consumers who eat them raw or unwashed.
Water is one of the possible transmission routes for water- and foodborne parasites to humans. Echinococcus multilocularis is a parasite, which causes alveolar echinococcosis (AE). Nevertheless, no environmental studies have been performed as yet to confirm the occurrence of E.
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