1 National University of Agriculture, Schools of Science and Techniques for Preservation and Processing of Agricultural Products.
2 University of Abomey-Calavi, Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, Laboratory of Study and Research in Applied Chemistry, R. Benin.
3 University of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory for Food Science and Metabolism, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 10(02), 014-023
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2021.10.2.0164
Received on 14 December 2020; revised on 21 April 2021; accepted on 25 April 2021
In December 2019, a local pneumonia outbreak of initially unknown cause was detected in Wuhan (Hubei, China) and was quickly determined to be caused by a novel coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This pandemic spread very quickly around the world and has begun its proliferation in Africa. Respect of hygienic rules is one of the best preventive methods. This study explored street ready to eat foods as potential vehicle of human contamination with SARSCoV-2. For this, a bibliographic search was carried out from March 15 to December 7, 2020. From the results, it is well known that the transmission of the coronavirus by direct digestive route is ruled out for now. However, some studies are trying to demonstrate gastrointestinal manifestations and potential fecal-oral transmission of the virus. So ready to eat foods such as fruits and vegetables, bread, chips, donut, gari, snacks, homemade yogurt, cake, fried yam, roasted products, kilichi, ... etc. should get particular attention due to potential risk of contamination by manipulators during conditioning and packaging, to prevent the proliferation of the virus. It then becomes urgent to engage the population’s attention concerning what and where they eat.
SARSCoV-2; Covid-19 diseases; Pandemic; Street foods; Africa
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Christian Tétédé Rodrigue Konfo, Alain Yaya Koudoro, Yénoukounmè Euloge Kpoclou, Fowe Michelle Carole Djouhou, Félicien Avlessi, Edwige Dahouenon-Ahoussi and Dominique Sohounhloue. Street food as potential sources of covid-19 disease propagation in central and West Africa: A short review. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2021, 10(2), 014-023. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2021.10.2.0164