Prevalence of T-2 Toxin in the Food and Beverages of Residents Living in a Kashin–Beck-Disease Area of Qamdo, Tibet

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 16; no. 10; p. 1449
• Main Authors: Jiang, Tong, Yan, Junan, Tan, Hongxing, Pu, Zhu, Wang, Ou, Liu, Tao, Chen, Zhaoyu, Gao, Jiaxiang, Wang, Jun, Lin, Jianhao, Huo, Junsheng, Huang, Jian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 11.05.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Age groups; atomic absorption spectrometry; Barley; Beverages; blood serum; Butter; Cartilage; Case-Control Studies; China; Contamination; detection limit; Diet - statistics & numerical data; Diet Surveys; dietary surveys; Disease control; Diseases; Drinking water; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Female; Food contamination & poisoning; Food Contamination - analysis; Health surveillance; Heat resistance; Humans; Kashin-Beck Disease - blood; Kashin-Beck Disease - epidemiology; Male; Microwaves; Middle Aged; milk; Nutrition research; Patients; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Selenium; Selenium - blood; Surveys; T-2 toxin; T-2 Toxin - analogs & derivatives; T-2 Toxin - analysis; T-2 Toxin - blood; Tea; Tea - chemistry; Tibet - epidemiology; Toxins; villages; Tibet; China; Tibetan Plateau; T-2 toxin; brick tea; selenium; Tibet; Kashin–Beck disease

It has been strongly suggested that selenium deficiency and T-2 toxin contamination have a strong relationship with the occurrence and development of Kashin–Beck disease (KBD). In order to provide information for understanding the high prevalence of KBD in Tibet, this study collected the responses t...