id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-301767-1jv20em8 Alegbeleye, Oluwadara Oluwaseun Sources and contamination routes of microbial pathogens to fresh produce during field cultivation: A review 2018-02-03 .txt text/plain 18361 898 40 Primarily, pathogens may contaminate produce 'on-field' via various routes including; atmospheric deposition, uptake from contaminated soils and groundwater (Harris et al., 2003; Lynch et al., 2009; Mei Soon et al., 2012) , use of raw (or poorly treated) manure and compost, exposure to contaminated water (irrigation or flooding), transfer by insects, or by fecal contamination generated by livestock or wild Table 1 The most commonly implicated etiological agents in fresh produce borne illnesses (Brackett, 1994; Buck et al., 2003; Heaton and Jones, 2008; Jung et al., 2014; Callej on et al., 2015) . Epidemiological investigations of food poisoning outbreaks, experimental studies examining pathogen contamination of fruits and vegetables as well as observations of increased incidence of disease in areas practicing wastewater irrigation with little or no wastewater treatment indicate that contaminated irrigation water might indeed be a source of foodborne pathogens on fresh produce (Norman and Kabler, 1953; Hern andez et al., 1997; Steele and Odumeru, 2004) . ./cache/cord-301767-1jv20em8.txt ./txt/cord-301767-1jv20em8.txt