Research in health surveillance: an approach in the food microbiology
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https://doi.org/10.22239/2317-269x.02118Keywords:
Scientific Research, Health Surveillance, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Quality ControlAbstract
Even with all the efforts related to food quality control, foodborne and waterborne diseases (FWD) are important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, emerging as a growing economic and public health problem. This debate brings a reflection on the importance of research in Health Surveillance in food microbiology filed, aiming at the
prevention and control of FWD. It is discussed the importance of information, data and other technical-scientific products produced from the research to assist in risk analysis, regulation, and actions of Health Surveillance. Also listed are the priority lines of research published by the National Health Surveillance Agency, the financial incentives for research in this field, and the involvement and importance of Graduate Programs. Based on a non-systematic review of the literature, some challenges are pointed out such as: 1) the need for more financial resources for research focused on microbiological control of food; 2) the strengthening of the Notifiable Diseases Information System for directing of the research lines, since it lists the pathogens, foods, places and geographical regions of higher occurrence of FWD; 3) the strategic implementation of genomic sequencing methodologies in the national system of Public Health laboratories, aiming at the molecular characterization of foodborne pathogens; and 4) the encouragement of research with interdisciplinary approaches and the disclosure/publication of these data in scientific journals or other places that increase the scope of information. These were just some of the challenges discussed, but it is known that many others exist for the improvement of microbiological control of food.
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Marcelo Luiz Lima Brandão, Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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