Molecular detection of Escherichia coli producing Vero cytotoxic toxin in red and white meat available in local Syrian markets
Abdul Aziz Arawneh, Ghiyath Soliman, Ammar Haji Al-Ali · 2025
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Abdul Aziz Arawneh, Ghiyath Soliman, and Ammar Haji Al-Ali test meat sold in Hama, Syria, for a toxin-making strain of Escherichia coli, in a 2025 study. The O157:H7 strain produces Vero toxin and endangers consumers, yet local contamination data were missing. The team sampled 120 cuts across beef, goat, sheep, camel, chicken, and fish, twenty of each, and ran culture and gene tests.
Toxin genes showed up widely: 65 percent of broiler samples and 55 percent of sheep samples carried markers, with lower rates in beef and fish. Overall, three-quarters of cultured samples harbored Escherichia coli making the toxin, while gene confirmation ran lower. The authors call the findings a public health warning and evidence of poor hygiene in the market chain.
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| CREATOR | Abdul Aziz Arawneh, Ghiyath Soliman, Ammar Haji Al-Ali |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |