M U L T I C R I T E R I A-B A S E D R A N K I N G F O R R I S K M A N A G E M E N T O F F O O D B O R N E P A R A S I T E S
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/agns/news_events/Parasite%20report%20final%20draft-25October2012.pdf
The global ranking of foodborne parasites by “importance” and their primary food vehicle in descending order was as follows:
- Taenia solium – Pork
- Echinococcus granulosus – Fresh produce
- Echinococcus multilocularis – Fresh produce
- Toxoplasma gondii – Meat from small ruminants, pork, beef, game meat (red meat and organs)
- Cryptosporidium spp. – Fresh produce, fruit juice, milk
- Entamoeba histolytica – Fresh produce
- Trichinella spiralis – Pork
- Opisthorchiidae – Freshwater fish
- Ascaris spp. – Fresh produce
- Trypanosoma cruzi – Fruit juices
- Giardia duodenalis – Fresh produce
- Fasciola spp. – Fresh produce (aquatic plants)
- Cyclospora cayetanensis – Berries, fresh produce
- Paragonimus spp. – Freshwater crustaceans
- Trichuris trichiura – Fresh produce
- Trichinella spp. – Game meat (wild boar, crocodile, bear, walrus, etc.)
- Anisakidae – Salt water fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods
- Balantidium coli – Fresh produce
- Taenia saginata – Beef
- Toxocara spp. – Fresh produce
- Sarcocystis spp. – Beef and pork
- Heterophyidae – Fresh and brackish water fish
- Diphyllobothriidae – Freshwater / salt water fish
- Spirometra spp. – Fish/reptiles/amphibians