Fungal contamination in barley and Kashin-Beck disease in Tibet

Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is an endemic degenerative osteochondropathy estimated to affect some 1-3 million people in rural China. Selenium deficiency, high concentration of organic matter in drinking water, and contamination of food by mycotoxins are the main hypotheses of the etiology of KBD. We c...

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Published in:	The Lancet (North American edition) Vol. 350; no. 9084; p. 1074
Main Authors:	Chasseur, C, Suetens, C, Nolard, N, Begaux, F, Haubruge, E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-10-1997
Subjects:	Alternaria Cladosporium Hordeum vulgare
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Summary:	Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is an endemic degenerative osteochondropathy estimated to affect some 1-3 million people in rural China. Selenium deficiency, high concentration of organic matter in drinking water, and contamination of food by mycotoxins are the main hypotheses of the etiology of KBD. We carried out a community-based case-control study to test the hypothesis that KBD is related to fungal contamination of stored barley grain in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Three common fungal taxa in grains were significantly associated with KBD. Trichothecium roseum (Pers) Link ex Gray, Dreschlera Ito and Alternaria Nees ex Fr.
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ISSN:	0099-5355