Foodborne diseases / edited by Shabbir Simjee ; foreword by Toni L. Poole.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simjee, Shabbir.

Series:

Infectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)

Infectious disease

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foodborne diseases.

Food poisoning.

Food--Microbiology.

Food.

Foodborne Diseases.

Food Microbiology.

Medical Subjects:

Foodborne Diseases.

Food Microbiology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 540 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2007]

Summary:

In Foodborne Diseases, leading authorities present a broad overview of the microbial pathogens and toxins associated with foodborne illness while discussing pathogenicity, clinical epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment. The chapters of this volume cover&a wide variety of&bacterial pathogens, viruses, protozoans, and parasites, as well as microbial toxins, and&also address alternatives to antibiotics, risk assessment, irradiation and other sanitation procedures, and molecular techniques for detecting foodborne pathogens. Additionally, the acclaimed authors discuss pathogen control strategies and look toward future innovations in food safety technology. Covering essential foodborne pathogens, assessment and treatment, Foodborne Diseases is an essential reference for infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, and industrial and research-based scientists in food safety.

Contents:

Escherichia coli / Jianghong Meng and Carl M. Schroeder

Listeria / Franz Allerberger

Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens / Jim McLauchlin and Kathie A. Grant

Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa

Foodborne pathogenic vibrios / T. Ramamurthy and G. Balakrish Nair

Enterococcus and its association with foodborne illness / Simona F. Oprea and Marcus J. Zervos

Foodborne viral hepatitis / Hazel Appleton ... [et al.]

Gastroenteric virus / Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Chris I. Gallimore, and Jim Gray

Cryptosporidium / Huw V. Smith and Rosely A.B. Nichols

Cyclospora / Huw V. Smith

Giardia / Huw V. Smith and Tim Paget

Toxoplasma gondii / Dolores E. Hill ... [et al.]

Aflatoxins: background, toxicology, and molecular biology / Joan W. Bennett, S. Kale, and Jiujiang Yu

Scombroid fish poisoning / Elijah W. Stommel

Pathogen control in meat and poultry production: implementing the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service's hazard analysis and critical control point system / Moshe S. Dreyfuss ... [et al.]

Use of antimicrobials in food animal production / Frank M. Aaestrup and Lars B. Jensen

Alternatives to antimicrobials / Toni L. Poole, Todd R. Callaway, and David J. Nisbet

Microbial risk assessment / Carl M. Schroeder ... [et al.]

Food irradiation and other sanitation procedures / Donald W. Thayer

Molecular techniques of detection and discrimination of foodborne pathogens and their toxins / Steven L. Foley and Kathie A. Grant

Future directions in food safety / Ross C. Beier and Suresh D. Pillai.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1588295184

9781588295187

OCLC:

82367908