134936 20240509150148.0 doi 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-350 sideral 76484 ART-2012-76484 eng Bayarri, S. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1668-4940 Toxoplasma gondii in commercially available pork meat and cured ham: A contribution to risk assessment for consumers 2012 Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii, whose transmission has usually been attributed to ingestion of undercooked or raw meat. Dry-cured ham is a high-quality meat product of increasing economic relevance, and epidemiological studies point to cured meat products as a risk factor for acquiring toxoplasmosis. With the aim of contributing to the risk assessment process, 50 samples of fresh pork meat and commercial cured ham were collected in the city of Zaragoza (northeastern Spain), and the presence of viable forms of T. gondii was analyzed. A mouse concentration bioassay technique was used, and the presence of the parasite in mice was determined by indirect immunofluorescence assay. T. gondii was detected in two samples of rib, reflecting a frequency of 8% positive fresh pork meat (4% positivity of total samples analyzed). Brains of seropositive mice were analyzed by histology and PCR, although the parasite was not isolated in the seroconverted mice. No viable forms were detected either in other types of fresh meat or in the samples of cured ham. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/UZ2006-CIE-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 1.832 2012 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 44 / 124 = 0.355 2012 Q2 T2 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 96 / 156 = 0.615 2012 Q3 T2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Gracia, M. J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-1417-272X Pérez-Arquillué, C. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2247-0954 Lázaro, R. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6460-1388 Herrera, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7195-3640 2008 640 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Produc.Animal Cienc.Ali. Área Nutrición Bromatología 1009 773 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Patología Animal Área Sanidad Animal 75, 3 (2012), 597-600. J. food prot. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION 0362-028X 59754 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/134936/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2912101 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/134936/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:134936 articulos driver 2024-05-09-13:05:03 ARTICLE