Prevalence of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in non-traditional irrigation waters in the Mid-Atlantic United States is affected by water type, season, and recovery method.

Prevalence of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in non-traditional irrigation waters in the Mid-Atlantic United States is affected by water type, season, and recovery method.

Irrigation water contaminated with Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes may provide a route of contamination of raw or minimally processed fruits and vegetables. While previous work has surveyed specific and singular types of agricultural irrigation water for bacterial pathogens, few studi...

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Main Authors: Manan Sharma, Eric T Handy, Cheryl L East, Seongyun Kim, Chengsheng Jiang, Mary Theresa Callahan, Sarah M Allard, Shirley Micallef, Shani Craighead, Brienna Anderson-Coughlin, Samantha Gartley, Adam Vanore, Kalmia E Kniel, Joseph Haymaker, Rico Duncan, Derek Foust, Chanelle White, Maryam Taabodi, Fawzy Hashem, Salina Parveen, Eric May, Anthony Bui, Hillary Craddock, Prachi Kulkarni, Rianna T Murray, Amy R Sapkota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229365

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