Brazilian Journal of Biology (Jan 2021)

Prospect of microbial food borne diseases in Pakistan: a review

  • A. R. Ishaq,
  • M. Manzoor,
  • A. Hussain,
  • J. Altaf,
  • S. ur Rehman,
  • Z. Javed,
  • I. Afzal,
  • A. Noor,
  • F. Noor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.232466
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 81, no. 4
pp. 940 – 953

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Abstract Nowadays food borne illness is most common in people due to their epidemic nature. These diseases affect the human digestive system through bacteria, viruses and parasites. The agents of illness are transmitted in our body through various types of food items, water and uncooked. Pathogens show drastic changes in immunosuppressant people. This review gives general insights to harmful microbial life. Pakistan is a developed country and because of its improper food management, a lot of gastrointestinal problems are noted in many patients. Bacteria are most common agents to spread diarrhoea, villi infection, constipation and dysenteric disease in human and induce the rejection of organ transplant. Enhancement of their lifestyle, properly cooked food should be used and to overcome the outbreak of the diseases.

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