Food as a possible transmitter of SARS-CoV-2: an integrative review
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https://doi.org/10.52521/nutrivisa.v12i1.14428Keywords:
segurança dos alimentos; Covid-19; pandemia; alimento; SARS-CoV-2.Abstract
The COVID-19 Pandemic highlights and in particular the issue of the food chain, its health security. Based on the knowledge available so far, SARS-CoV-2 will be part of the “repertoire” of respiratory viruses for quite some time. Thus, the objective of this study was to raise evidence of SARS-CoV-2, through a review from 2020 to 2022. A search was carried out for full articles that covered the chosen theme, in portuguese and english, from 2020 to 2022, in two recognized databases; a critical evaluation was performed to analyze the quality of the methods; and the available evidence was summarized, outlined by the guiding question “Is it possible to transmit SARS-CoV-2 via the oral/digestive route?” Six scientific evidences were found, based on epidemiological, microbiological and experimental data that reinforce the possibility of this SARS-CoV-2 transmission route and five control steps were proposed with their preventive measures to reduce the potential risk of COVID-19 by the oral/digestive route. Thus, the results of independent studies on the subject in question, therefore, contribute to a possible repercussion on the quality of practice, concerning the sanitary aspect of food and indicate that further, more in-depth investigations to determine the mechanisms of this SARS-CoV-2 transmission route and the possible confirmation of this virus as a pathogen associated with Foodborne Disease.
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