Determination of Aflatoxin M_𝟏 in Milk by ELISA Technique in Mashad (Northeast of Iran)

Table 3

The incidence of milk contamination in Iran in other studies.

Location	Reference	Method of; detection	Sample; size	Percent of; contamination	Percent of; contamination >50 ppt	AFM1; concentration (ppt)
Mashad (north east of Iran)	Current study	ELISA	42	97.6	1.6	23.2
Mashad (north east of Iran)	Mohamad Sani and Nikpooyan, 2012 [8]	HPLC	60	100	1.6	16.16
Mashad (north east of Iran)	Mohamadi Sani et al., 2010 [9]	ELISA	196	100	80.6	77.9
Five states of Iran	Tajkarimi et al., 2007 [10]	HPLC	98	100	37.7	39
Tehran (capital of Iran)	Heshmati and Milani, 2010 [17]	ELISA	210	55.2	33.3	58
14 states of Iran	Tajkarimi et al., 2008 [13]	HPLC	319	54	23	57
Shiraz (south of Iran)	Alborzi et al., 2006 [12]	ELISA	624	100	17.8	n.r*
Ahwaz (south of Iran)	Rahimi et al., 2010 [16]	ELISA	311	42.1	12.5	43.3
Sarab (north west of Iran)	Kamkar 2005 [11]	TLC	111	76.6	40	61.4
Central part of Iran	Fallah 2010 [14]	ELISA	225	67.1	33.1	49.9
Ardabil (north west of Iran)	Nemati et al., 2010 [15]	ELISA	90	100	33	n.r*

^*Not reported.