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Outbreak of an Acute Aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004: Identification of the Causal Agent

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Maize contaminated with aflatoxins has been implicated in deadly epidemics in Kenya three times since 1981, but the fungi contaminating the maize with aflatoxins have not been characterized. Here we associate the S strain of Aspergillus flavus with lethal aflatoxicoses that took more than 125 lives in 2004.

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/aem.02370-06

Authors: Claudia Probst, Henry Njapau, Peter J. Cotty

Institutions: University of Arizona, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, United States Food and Drug Administration

Language: English

Topic: Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention