Undoubtedly in the past 10-20 years, impact of foodborne pathogens has been overwhelming because of high rate of fatalities, illnesses, and the fear of being exposed to incurable infective agents or toxins. Rapid growth in the centralized food production industries, aggressive agricultural practices and changes in food consumption habits are contributing factors for the emergence of increased foodborne infections by new or old pathogens resulting in several outbreaks, product recalls and economic losses. These events prompted increased research activities to understand the pathogens and their pathogenic mechanisms, and prevention and control strategies. Modern molecular tools also facilitatedour understanding of the function and regulations of virulent or other accessory genes. Above all, the complete genome sequence of several important foodborne pathogens helped unravel the molecular basis of pathogenesis. For the first time a book will link fooborne illness and immunology. This textbook will combine the host parasite interaction to a level where the readers would have better appreciation for the disease mechanism with up-to-date information on molecular and cellular mechanism of several major foodborne bacterial pathogens, virulence genes and their regulation in the host or the food environment. INDICE: Introduction to Foodborne Pathogens. Biology of Microbes Associated with Food. Host Defense against Foodborne Pathogens. General Mechanism of Pathogenesis. Animal and Cell Culture Models to Study Foodborne Pathogen Interaction. Staphylococcus aureus. Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis. Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens. Listeria monocytogenes. Escherichia coli. Salmonella enterica. Campylocbacter and Arcobacter. Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pestis. Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus.- Shigella species. Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-74536-7
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 276
- Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés