In temperate climates, a seasonal trend was observed in the incidence of human campylobacteriosis cases, with peaks reported in spring and autumn in some countries, or in summer in others; a similar trend was observed in Campylobacter spp. dairy cattle fecal shedding, suggesting that cattle may play a role in the seasonal peak of human infection. The objectives of this study were to assess if a seasonal trend in thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination of raw milk exists and to evaluate a possible relation between this and the increase of human campylobacteriosis incidence in summer months. The results showed a mean prevalence of 1.6% of milk samples positive for thermophilic Campylobacter spp. with a wide range in different months during the three years considered of 0.0-3.1%. The statistical analysis showed a significant difference (P<0.01) of the prevalence of positive samples for thermophilic Campylobacter spp. between warmer and cooler months (2.3% vs 0.6%). The evidence of a seasonal trend in thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination of raw milk sold for direct consumption, with an increase of the prevalence in warmer months, may represent one of the possible links between seasonal trend in cattle fecal shedding and seasonal trend in human campylobacteriosis.

Seasonal variability of thermophilic campylobacter spp. In raw milk sold by automatic vending machines in Lombardy / Bertasi, Barbara; Losio, Marina Nadia; Daminelli, Paolo; Finazzi, Guido; Serraino, Andrea; Piva, Silvia; Giacometti, Federica; Massella, Elisa; Ostanello, Fabio. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF FOOD SAFETY. - ISSN 2239-7132. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:3(2016), pp. 131-133. [10.4081/ijfs.2016.5848]

Seasonal variability of thermophilic campylobacter spp. In raw milk sold by automatic vending machines in Lombardy

SERRAINO, ANDREA;PIVA, SILVIA;GIACOMETTI, FEDERICA;MASSELLA, ELISA;OSTANELLO, FABIO
2016

Abstract

In temperate climates, a seasonal trend was observed in the incidence of human campylobacteriosis cases, with peaks reported in spring and autumn in some countries, or in summer in others; a similar trend was observed in Campylobacter spp. dairy cattle fecal shedding, suggesting that cattle may play a role in the seasonal peak of human infection. The objectives of this study were to assess if a seasonal trend in thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination of raw milk exists and to evaluate a possible relation between this and the increase of human campylobacteriosis incidence in summer months. The results showed a mean prevalence of 1.6% of milk samples positive for thermophilic Campylobacter spp. with a wide range in different months during the three years considered of 0.0-3.1%. The statistical analysis showed a significant difference (P<0.01) of the prevalence of positive samples for thermophilic Campylobacter spp. between warmer and cooler months (2.3% vs 0.6%). The evidence of a seasonal trend in thermophilic Campylobacter spp. contamination of raw milk sold for direct consumption, with an increase of the prevalence in warmer months, may represent one of the possible links between seasonal trend in cattle fecal shedding and seasonal trend in human campylobacteriosis.
2016
Seasonal variability of thermophilic campylobacter spp. In raw milk sold by automatic vending machines in Lombardy / Bertasi, Barbara; Losio, Marina Nadia; Daminelli, Paolo; Finazzi, Guido; Serraino, Andrea; Piva, Silvia; Giacometti, Federica; Massella, Elisa; Ostanello, Fabio. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF FOOD SAFETY. - ISSN 2239-7132. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:3(2016), pp. 131-133. [10.4081/ijfs.2016.5848]
Bertasi, Barbara; Losio, Marina Nadia; Daminelli, Paolo; Finazzi, Guido; Serraino, Andrea; Piva, Silvia; Giacometti, Federica; Massella, Elisa; Ostanello, Fabio
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