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Foodborne Giardia duodenalis and Typanosoma cruzi

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Giardia duodenalis and Trypanosoma cruzi may be related phylogenetically, but they are very different organisms. Both, in a foodborne sense, are transmissible directly or indirectly via feces, but one is primarily by the feces of the infected vertebrate (Giardia) host and the other primarily via the feces of the insect host (T. cruzi). These features of transmission translate into different strategies for controlling the potential for infection. Giardia control that may impact on foodborne transmission includes insuring that water used in irrigating crops be free on contamination, that feces used to fertilize crops not contain human or potentially zoonotic Giardia, and that food handlers practice the best of sanitary habits. Trypanosoma cruzi control that may impact on foodborne transmission largely should center on vector control and making sure that the environment in which foods are prepared is free on these insects. Guidelines for food preparation and mandatory pasteurization of beverages and foods produced in highly endemic areas can and should be mandated. For both parasites, it is also helpful to treat infected individuals to minimize transmission risks.

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Sterling, C.R. (2018). Foodborne Giardia duodenalis and Typanosoma cruzi . In: Ortega, Y., Sterling, C. (eds) Foodborne Parasites. Food Microbiology and Food Safety(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67664-7_2

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