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.

A broad overview of microbial pathogens and toxins Summaries of proven and novel control strategies and treatments Chapters written by leading authorities on foodborne illness

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Escherichia coli.- Listeria.- Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens.- Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.- Foodborne Pathogenic Vibrios.- Enterococcus and its Association with Foodborne Illness.- Foodborne Viral Hepatitis.- Gastroenteric Viruses.- Cryptosporidium.- Cyclospora.- Giardia.- Toxoplasma gondii.- Aflatoxins: Background, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology.- Scombroid Fish Poisoning.- Pathogen Control in Meat and Poultry Production: Implementing the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System.- Use of Antimicrobials in Food Animal Production.- Alternatives to Antimicrobials.- Microbial Risk Assessment.- Food Irradiation and Other Sanitation Procedures.- Molecular Techniques of Detection and Discrimination of Foodborne Pathogens and Their Toxins.- Future Directions in Food Safety.