ReviewFood microbiology2021
Exploring the potential of foodborne transmission of respiratory viruses.
Review in Food microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Nipah and chandipura viruses: Emerging neurotropic zoonotic viruses in south asia - a comparative review.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Deliberating the scientific evidence base for influenza transmission to raw milk consumers.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2025Review
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- Viral Transmission in Sea Food Systems: Strategies for Control and Emerging Challenges.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- SARS-CoV-2 remains infectious for at least a month on artificially-contaminated frozen berries.Food microbiology · 2022Article
- Human Mastadenovirus Infections in Children: A Review of the Current Status in the Arab World in the Middle East and North Africa.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on Cold-Chain Food: Precautions Can Effectively Reduce the Risk.Food and environmental virology · 2022Article
- Efficacy of washing produce in removing human coronavirus OC43 and murine norovirus.Journal of applied microbiology · 2022Article
- Antimicrobial Nonwoven Fabrics Incorporated with Levulinic Acid and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate for Use in the Food Industry.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Examining the persistence of human Coronavirus 229E on fresh produce.Food microbiology · 2021Article
- Respiratory viruses in foods and their potential transmission through the diet: A review of the literature.Environmental research · 2021Review
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Abstract
The ongoing pandemic involving severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has raised the question whether this virus, which is known to be spread primarily though respiratory droplets, could be spread through the fecal-oral route or via contaminated food. In this article, we present a critical review of the literature exploring the potential foodborne transmission of several respiratory viruses including human coronaviruses, avian influenza virus (AVI), parainfluenza viruses, human respiratory syncytial virus, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, and Nipah virus. Multiple lines of evidence, including documented expression of receptor proteins on gastrointestinal epithelial cells, in vivo viral replication in gastrointestinal epithelial cell lines, extended fecal shedding of respiratory viruses, and the ability to remain infectious in food environments for extended periods of time raises the theoretical ability of some human respiratory viruses, particularly human coronaviruses and AVI, to spread via food. However, to date, neither epidemiological data nor case reports of clear foodborne transmission of either viruses exist. Thus, foodborne transmission of human respiratory viruses remains only a theoretical possibility.
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