SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Foodborne Pathogens: Intriguing Commonalities and Obvious Differences.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in tremendous human and economic losses around the globe. The pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a virus that is closely related to SARS-CoV and other human and animal coronaviruses. Although foodborne diseases are rarely of pandemic proportions, some of the causative agents emerge in a manner remarkably similar to what was observed recently with SARS-CoV-2. For example, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), the most common cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome, shares evolution, pathogenesis, and immune evasion similarities with SARS-CoV-2. Both agents evolved over time in animal hosts, and during infection, they bind to specific receptors on the host cell's membrane and

SUBMITTER: Abdelhamid AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9415055 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature