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Volume 28, Number 8—August 2022
Research Letter

Public Health Risk of Foodborne Pathogens in Edible African Land Snails, Cameroon

Mary Nkongho Tanyitiku, Graeme Nicholas, Igor C. Njombissie Petcheu, Jon J. Sullivan, and Stephen L.W. OnComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand (M.N. Tanyitiku, G. Nicholas, I.C. Njombissie Petcheu, J.J. Sullivan, S.L.W. On); Global Mapping and Environmental Monitoring, Yaounde, Cameroon (I.C. Njombissie Petcheu).

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Frequency of pathogens detected by PCR in African land snails, Buea, Cameroon, June–October 2019*

Pathogen STEC Campylobacter spp. Salmonella spp. Listeria spp. Yersinia spp.
Frequency, % 57 75 69 86 71

*STEC, Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli.

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