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Tast Lahti E, Karamehmedovic N, Riedel H, Blom L, Boel J, Delibato E, Denis M, van Essen-Zandbergen A, Garcia-Fernandez A, Hendriksen R, Heydecke A, van Hoek AHAM, Huby T, Kwit R, Lucarelli C, Lundin K, Michelacci V, Owczarek S, Ring I, Sejer Kjeldgaard J, Sjögren I, Skóra M, Torpdahl M, Ugarte-Ruiz M, Veldman K, Ventola E, Zajac M, Jernberg C. One Health surveillance-A cross-sectoral detection, characterization, and notification of foodborne pathogens. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1129083. [PMID: 36969662 PMCID: PMC10034719 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1129083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction Several Proficiency Test (PT) or External Quality Assessment (EQA) schemes are currently available for assessing the ability of laboratories to detect and characterize enteropathogenic bacteria, but they are usually targeting one sector, covering either public health, food safety or animal health. In addition to sector-specific PTs/EQAs for detection, cross-sectoral panels would be useful for assessment of the capacity to detect and characterize foodborne pathogens in a One Health (OH) perspective and further improving food safety and interpretation of cross-sectoral surveillance data. The aims of the study were to assess the cross-sectoral capability of European public health, animal health and food safety laboratories to detect, characterize and notify findings of the foodborne pathogens Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp. and Yersinia enterocolitica, and to develop recommendations for future cross-sectoral PTs and EQAs within OH. The PT/EQA scheme developed within this study consisted of a test panel of five samples, designed to represent a theoretical outbreak scenario. Methods A total of 15 laboratories from animal health, public health and food safety sectors were enrolled in eight countries: Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The laboratories analyzed the samples according to the methods used in the laboratory and reported the target organisms at species level, and if applicable, serovar for Salmonella and bioserotype for Yersinia. Results All 15 laboratories analyzed the samples for Salmonella, 13 for Campylobacter and 11 for Yersinia. Analytical errors were predominately false negative results. One sample (S. Stockholm and Y. enterocolitica O:3/BT4) with lower concentrations of target organisms was especially challenging, resulting in six out of seven false negative results. These findings were associated with laboratories using smaller sample sizes and not using enrichment methods. Detection of Salmonella was most commonly mandatory to notify within the three sectors in the eight countries participating in the pilot whereas findings of Campylobacter and Y. enterocolitica were notifiable from human samples, but less commonly from animal and food samples. Discussion The results of the pilot PT/EQA conducted in this study confirmed the possibility to apply a cross-sectoral approach for assessment of the joint OH capacity to detect and characterize foodborne pathogens.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elina Tast Lahti
- Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden
- *Correspondence: Elina Tast Lahti
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- Department of Biology, Swedish Food Agency, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Swedish Food Agency, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy
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- Research Unit of Hygiene and Quality of Poultry and Pork Products, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France
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- Department of Bacteriology, Host-Pathogen Interaction, and Diagnostics Development, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) Part of Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Lelystad, Netherlands
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- Technical University of Denmark, The National Food Institute (DTU Food), Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Research and Development, Uppsala University/Region Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control (Department Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology), Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Weybridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, National Veterinary Research Institute (PIWet), Pulawy, Poland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Weybridge, United Kingdom
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- Technical University of Denmark, The National Food Institute (DTU Food), Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, National Veterinary Research Institute (PIWet), Pulawy, Poland
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- Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Copenhagen, Denmark
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- VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Bacteriology, Host-Pathogen Interaction, and Diagnostics Development, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) Part of Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Lelystad, Netherlands
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- Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, National Veterinary Research Institute (PIWet), Pulawy, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden
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Chen Y, Glass K, Liu B, Hope K, Kirk M. Salmonella Infection in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Incidence and Risk Factors from the 45 and Up Study. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2016; 13:689-694. [DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2016.2170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Yingxi Chen
- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- NSW Minister of Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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