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Emerging foodborne pathogens
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| Motarjemi, Adams |
| Woodhead Publishing Limited |
| ISBN
NO: 1855739631 |
Published:
May 2006 |
UK
Price: £160
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€201.00
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$283.00
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| Contents PART 1 IDENTIFICATION ISSUES PART 2 INDIVIDUAL PATHOGENS PART 1 IDENTIFICATION ISSUES How bacterial pathogens evolve B Wren, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK - Introduction - Evolution and diversification of bacterial pathogens - Genetic mechanisms of bacterial evolution - Case studies and the evolution of pathogenic Yersinia - Sources of further information - Future studies - Conclusion - Acknowledgments - References Surveillance for emerging pathogens in the United States C R Braden and RV Tauxe, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA - Introduction - Detecting new and emerging pathogens - Range of methods used for surveillance in the United States - Use of surveillance data - Future trends - References Surveillance of emerging pathogens in Europe S J O’Brien and I S T Fisher, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, UK - Introduction - The WHO surveillance programme for control of foodborne infections and intoxications in Europe - Disease specific networks funded by the European Commission - Other sources of data on foodborne pathogens in Europe - Challenges for European surveillance of emerging foodborne pathogens - Conclusion - Acknowledgments - References Tracking emerging pathogens: the case of noroviruses E Duizer and M Koopmans, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands - Introduction - Detection - Virus tracking - Transmission routes - Prevention and control - Inactivation of caliciviruses - Thoughts on other viruses - Future trends - Additional sources of informatiom - References Industrial food microbiology and emerging foodborne pathogens L Smoot, Nestlé, USA and J-L Cordier Nestlé Nutrition, Switzerland - Introduction - How to approach the issue of emerging pathogens - How to identify emerging risks – sources of information - Control measures during food manufacture - Conclusions - References Microbiological risk assessment for emerging pathogens M Brown and P McClure, Unilever, UK - Introduction - The importance of changes on levels of risk - Interaction with legislation - Users of risk assessments - Risk assessment - Modelling - Risk management - Risk communication - Conclusions - References The role of food safety objectives in dealing with emerging pathogens L G M Gorris, J Bassett and J-M Membre, Unilever, UK - Introduction - Recent cevelopments in risk Analysis - Definitions - When setting a PO may be more efficient than establishing an FSO - Designing an FSM system using the new concepts - Conclusions - Acknowledgements - References - Further reading PART 2 INDIVIDUAL PATHOGENS Acrobacter S J Forsythe, Nottingham Trent University, UK - Introduction - The Arcobacter genus - Arcobacter identification and typing methods - Methods of detection using growth media - Human and animal infections - Prevention and control measures - Future recognition of Arcobacter species as pathogens - Acknowledgements - References Foodborne trematodes and helminths K D Murrell, Uniformed University of the Health Sciences, USA and D W T Crompton, University of Glasgow, Scotland - Introduction - Biology, transmission and risk to public health - Detection - Economic impact - Prevention, control and treatment - Future trends - Acknowledgments - References Emerging strains of E.coli G Duffy, National Food Centre, Ireland - Introduction - Detection methods - Sources of VTEC infection in humans - Prevalence of VTEC - Survival, persistence and growth in the food chain - Control measures - Future trends - Sources of further information and advice - References Hepatitis viruses N Cook and A Rze?utka, Central Science Laboratory, UK - Introduction - Characteristics of hepatitis A and E viruses (morphology, pathogenesis, symptoms of infection) - Epidemiology - Outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis - Detection methods for hepatitis viruses in foods - Prevalence in the environment and routes of transmission through foodstuffs - Prevention and control - Areas for further research - Sources of further information - Acknowledgments - References Prion diseases J Sigurdson and A Aguzzi, Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland - Introduction - Epidemiology - Detection - Transmission - Prevention and control - Future trends - Prion terminology - References Vibrios G B Nair, S M Faruque and D A Sack, ICDDR,B – Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh - Introduction - Taxonomy and brief historical background - Clinical signs and symptoms - Virulence factors - Epidemiology of Vibrio infections - Methods of detection - Subspecies typing - New Pandemic strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus - Pandemic spread of cholera - Prevention and control - Vibrios: the genomic era - Acknowledgment - References Yersinia enterocolitica T Nesbakken, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway - Introduction - Taxonomy and characteristics of Yersinia enterocolitica - Phenotype characterisation - Methods of detection - Epidemiology - Risk factors connected to the agent - Risk factors in connection with the host - Risk factors in connection with survival and growth in foods - Risk factors based on epidemiological studies - Prevention and control at different steps of the food chain - Future trends - Sources of further information and advice - References Listeria J McLauchlin, Health Protection Agency Food Safety Microbiology Laboratory, UK - Introduction - Historical summary and emergence of listeriosis as a major foodborne disease - Listeria taxonomy, properties, occurrence and pathogenicity - The disease listeriosis - Epidemiology, surveillance, typing and routes of transmission - Growth and isolation of Listeria - Prevention and control - Future trends - Sources of information and advice - References Helicobacter pylori S F Park, University of Surrey, UK - Introduction - Physiology and growth requirements - Disease associations and mechanisms of virulence - Epidemiology and routes of transmission - Detection methods and culture from clinical samples, food and water - Survival in food and water - Conclusions and future trends - Sources of further information - References Enterobacteriaceae J-L Cordier, Nestle Nutrition, Switzerland - Introduction - Methods of detection - Epidemiology - Health risks and underlying factors - Prevention and control - References Campylobacter R E Mandrell and W G Miller, US Department of Agriculture, USA - Introduction - Seasonal and sporadic disease - Outbreaks - Non-diarrhoeal human disease - Reservoirs of ECS in the food and water supply - Culture and isolation of ECS from human faeces, food and water sources - Detection and differentiation methods - Comparative genomics of C coli, C lari, C upsaliensis and C jejuni - Putative and potential ECS virulence factors - Genotyping - Prevention and control - Conclusions and future trends - Acknowledgments - References Mycobacterium paratuberculosis M W Griffiths, University of Guelph, Canada - Introduction - Johne’s disease - Crohn’s disease - Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Chrohn’s disease - Prevalence of mycobacterium paratuberculosis in foods - Survival in the environment - Detection, enumeration and typing - Control - Further sources of information - References Enterocci C M A P Franz and W H Holzapfel, Instiute for Hygiene and Toxicology, Germany - Introduction - Habitat - Use of enterococci as probiotics - Infections caused by enterococci and epidemiology - Incidence of virulence factors among food enterococci - Incidence of antibiotic resistances among food enterococci - Survival of gastrointestinal transit - Conclusion - References |
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