Pesticide Application as Potential Source of Noroviruses in Fresh Food Supply Chains

Human norovirus (hNoV), also known as the winter time tossing up bug, is one of the most common stomach bugs in the world. The viruses is highly contaminated, leading to tossing up and diarrhea, and the number of affected cases is growing. Currently there is no cure; sufferers have to let the viruses run its course for a few days.
The consumption of fresh produce is frequently associated with periods of hNoV but it remains difficult to identify where in the supply series the viruses first goes into growth.
A new research, launched in the Globally Book of Food Microbiology analyzed whether contaminated water used to reduce bug fumigations could be a source of hNoV. Village owners use various waterways in the growth of fresh fruits and vegetables and veggies and fresh vegetables, such as well water and different types of surface water such as flow water or lake water -- sources which have been found to possess hNoV.
To test this idea, eight different bug fumigations were analyzed in the study; each was well diluted with hNoV contaminated water. The researchers analyzed whether information of the viruses were present in the illustrations after the two elements were combined. Results exposed that the infectivity of the norovirus was the same when involved to the way to destroy insects illustrations. In other words: bug fumigations did not deal with the effects of the contaminated water.
The authors figure out that the application of bug fumigations on fresh produce may not only be a material danger, but may in fact also be a microbiological danger factor; both having effects on public health.