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May 27, 2005
Shellfish Can Make You Sick
This was over at Boing Boing this morning and is very interesting. Especially if you're a sea food lover. I'm not.
Cory Doctorow @ Boing Boing: "It turns out that sea-boogers (clams, oysters and mussels) have a weird-ass immune system that makes them into excellent hosts for human-toxic pathogens, even if they're well-cleaned.Clams, mussels and oysters are important vehicles for the transmission of enteric diseases when consumed raw or undercooked. Vibrio species, including human pathogens, are particularly abundant in bivalve tissues, where they can persist even after cleaning procedures, thus representing a potential risk for human health. Although different environmental factors are well known to affect the persistence of vibrios in these organisms, the key role of the interactions between vibrios and the immune system of bivalves has been recently highlighted by scientists from the Universities of Genova and Urbino (Italy) in Environmental Microbiology.Science Daily Article"
Posted by Loyd at May 27, 2005 12:28 PM
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