Bacillus cereus as the main casual agent of foodborne outbreaks in Southern Brazil: data from 11 years

• Main Authors: Silvia Adriana Mayer Lentz (Author), Paula Marques Rivas (Author), Marisa Ribeiro de Itapema Cardoso (Author), Daiana de Lima Morales (Author), Fabiana Cassel Centenaro (Author), Andreza Francisco Martins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Foodborne diseases are a global concern. In Brazil, the most prevalent pathogen found in foodborne outbreaks is Salmonella sp. (14.4%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus (7.7%), Escherichia coli (6.5%), and Bacillus cereus (3.1%). With the aim to perform a regional detailed analysis of foodborne int...