Review article

PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS AND TOXINS THAT SHELLFISH CAN TRANSFER FROM POLLUTED AREAS — ZOONOSES

V. Čadež
E. Teskeredžić

Abstract

Shellfishes are often responsible for food poisoning. In one hour, one mussel may filtered eight liters of water. During the filtering, in that shellfish are accumulated all sorts of microorganisms and particles. Some of these microorganisms can survive in mussel by converting to vegetative stage. If such shellfish is eaten by human, in his body the microorganism pass from vegetative to active stage and starts to multiply. That in peoples often results in diseases like typhus abdominalis, hepatitis A, salmonella, shigella, gastroenteritis etc. Furthermore, by consuming shellfish that are polluted by the products of anthropogenic action may cause intoxication with hard metals.

Keywords

shellfish; zoonoses; viruses; bacteria; phytoplankton; toxins

Hrčak ID:

4661

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/4661

Publication date:

20.12.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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