Food and environmental parasitology in Canada:A network for the facilitation of collaborative research

Dixon, Brent R., Ndao, Momar, Tetro, Jason A., Maal-Bared, Rasha, Bidawid, Sabah, Farber, Jeffrey M., Isaac-Renton, Judith, Morshed, Muhammad, Prystajecky, Natalie, Pritchard, Jane, Baticados, Waren, Buntain, Bonnie, Checkley, Sylvia, Cork, Susan, Kutz, Susan, Massolo, Alessandro, Wasmuth, James, Buret, Andre, Ralston, Brenda, Belosevic, Mike, Ashbolt, Nicholas, McAllister, Tim, Wallis, Peter, Al-Adhami, Batol, Forbes, Lorry, Gajadhar, Alvin, Lalonde, Laura, Lobanov, Vlad, Scandrett, Brad, Chilton, Neil, Epp, Tasha, Jenkins, Emily, Parker, Sarah, Pietrock, Michael, Dare, Oluwayemisi, Gilmour, Matthew, Ng, Lai King, Boulter-Bitzer, Jeanine, Muchaal, Pia, Pintar, Katarina, Edge, Tom, Van Dyke, Michele, Ong, Corinne, Parkinson, John, Yee, Janet, Abebe, Makonnen, Iqbal, Asma, Sockett, Paul, Buck, Peter, Gilbert, Nicolas, Kulkarni, Manisha, Leonard, Erin, Kibbee, Richard, Sattar, Syed, Springthorpe, Susan, Bisaillon, Jean Robert, Biais, Burton, Ogunremi, Dele, Kokoskin, Evelyne, Guy, Rebecca, Trudel, Louise, Thivierge, Karine, Dzierszinski, Florence, Jardim, Armando, Gyorkos, Theresa, El Bakry, Azza, Marcogliese, David, Barthe, Christine, Côté, Isabelle, Measures, Lena, Simard, Manon, Cawthorn, Richard, Greenwood, Spencer, Guselle, Nicole and McClure, J. Trenton (2014) Food and environmental parasitology in Canada:A network for the facilitation of collaborative research. Food Protection Trends, 34 (6). pp. 376-385. ISSN 1541-9576

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Abstract

Parasitic diseases are of considerable public health significance in Canada, particularly in rural and remote areas. Food- and water-borne parasites contribute significantly to the overall number of parasitic infections reported in Canada. While data on the incidence of some of these diseases are available, knowledge of the true burden of infection by the causative agents in Canadians is somewhat limited. A number of centers of expertise in Canada study various aspects of parasitology, but few formal societies or networks of parasitologists currently exist in Canada, and previously none focused specifically on food or environmental transmission. The recently established Food and Environmental Parasitology Network (FEPN) brings together Canadian researchers, regulators and public health officials with an active involvement in issues related to these increasingly important fields. The major objectives of the Network include identifying research gaps, facilitating discussion and collaborative research, developing standardized methods, generating data for risk assessments, policies, and guidelines, and providing expert advice and testing in support of outbreak investigations and surveillance studies. Issues considered by the FEPN include contaminated foods and infected food animals, potable and non-potable water, Northern and Aboriginal issues, zoonotic transmission, and epidemiology.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	food science,public health, environmental and occupational health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1106
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2022 09:30
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 01:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/88226
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