Este trabajo presenta un avance de investigación interdisciplinaria que desarrolla perspectivas teóricas, analíticas e interpretativas, para el estudio situado de la alimentación, salud, nutrición y la cultura, en Latinoamérica, particularmente en el puerto y ciudad turística de Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México. Las miradas teóricas y las rutas metodológicas parten de considerar que, además de los evidentes aportes nutricionales, los alimentos son portadores de significados, entendidos éstos como atributos conferidos culturalmente. La revisión bibliográfica identificó una variedad de especies de patógenos potencialmente zoonóticos, transmitidos por peces en hospedadores acuáticos que son comunes en comunidades costeras del mundo, destacando la importancia del consumo de pescado crudo en la transmisión de parásitos y posible zoonosis con afección al humano. Asimismo, se exp...

The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases cases related to the practice of gastronomic tourism in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, on the Mexican Pacifi c coast, in a 60 months period of analysis spanning the years 2014-2018. A total of 39 patient clinical records in a health private institution as analysed, 32% are national tourists and 68% international; 71% of the cases were female and 29% male. Of the cases reported in this work, the patients with hypertension were the most vulnerable group. A total 84.6% of the patients were diagnosed with acute infectious gastroenteritis, 5% gastroenterocolitis, 2.6% with intestinal amoebiasis, typhoid fever, rotavirus and food poisoning, respectively. Regarding signs and symptoms, 100% had diarrhoea, 33% dehydration, 41% nausea, 37.5% vomiting, 46% abdominal pain, 20% presented fever. In the coproparasitological ex...

The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases cases related to the practice of gastronomic tourism in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, on the Mexican Pacifi c coast, in a 60 months period of analysis spanning the years 2014-2018. A total of 39 patient clinical records in a health private institution as analysed, 32% are national tourists and 68% international; 71% of the cases were female and 29% male. Of the cases reported in this work, the patients with hypertension were the most vulnerable group. A total 84.6% of the patients were diagnosed with acute infectious gastroenteritis, 5% gastroenterocolitis, 2.6% with intestinal amoebiasis, typhoid fever, rotavirus and food poisoning, respectively. Regarding signs and symptoms, 100% had diarrhoea, 33% dehydration, 41% nausea, 37.5% vomiting, 46% abdominal pain, 20% presented fever. In the coproparasitological ex...