Foodborne parasitic zoonosis: a review of the situation in Brazil

Abstract

Brazil is one of the most important countries in the production of animal source foods, and the consumers are looking for safe and innocuous products for health. In this context, it is necessary to prevent zoonosis that can be transmitted by animal source foods, which are sometimes consumed without proper cooking or made by vulnerable populations. On this review, important parasitic zoonotic diseases will be covered, which currently occur by this transmission route: toxoplasmosis, taeniasis-cysticercosis complex, cryptosporidiosis, anisakiasis, diphyllobothriasis and trichinosis.