Tracing pathogens in the food chain / edited by Stanley Brul, Pina M. Fratamico and Tom A. McMeekin.

Other author Brul, Stanley.
Other author Fratamico, Pina M.
Other author McMeekin, T. A. (Thomas Alexander), 1945-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge ; Philadelphia : Woodhead Pub.,
Descriptionxxv, 610 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences 2011 (Elsevier and Woodhead) [EBCABS11W]
Subjects
Foodborne diseases--Molecular diagnosis.
Food--Microbiology.
Molecular microbiology.
Foodborne Diseases--diagnosis.
Food Contamination--prevention & control.
Food Microbiology.
Food Safety--methods.

SeriesWoodhead Publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition, 2042-8049 ; no. 196
Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition ; no. 196. 2042-8049 ^A700104
Contents Foodborne pathogen surveillance and outbreak investigation -- Surveillance for foodborne pathogens in humans -- Systems for real-time, linked foodborne pathogen surveillance -- Detection, investigation and control of outbreaks of foodborne disease -- Attributing the burden of foodborne disease to specific sources of infection -- Determiningthe economic costs and global burden of foodborne disease -- Subtyping of foodborne pathogens -- Phenotypic subtyping of foodborne pathogens -- Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and other commonly used molecular methods for subtyping of foodborne bacteria -- Emerging methods for foodborne bacterial subtyping -- Development, validation and quality assurance of methods for subtyping of foodborne pathogens -- Molecular methods, genomics and other emerging approaches in the surveillance and study of foodborne pathogens -- Sample preparation for the detection of foodborne pathogens by molecular biological methods -- Comparison of molecular technologies and genomotyping for tracing and strain characterization of Campylobacter isolates -- Investigating foodborne pathogens using comparative genomics -- Protein-based analysis and other new and emerging non-nucleic acid based methods for tracing and investigating foodborne pathogens -- Virulotyping of foodborne pathogens -- Using ribotyping to trace foodborne aerobic spore-forming bacteria in the factory: a case study -- Biotracing: a novel concept in food safety integrating microbiology knowledge, complex systems approaches and probalistic modelling -- Tracing pathogens in particular food chains -- Tracing pathogens in red meat and game production chains and at the abattoir -- Tracing pathogens in fish production chains -- Tracing pathogens in poultry and egg production and at the abattoir -- Tracing zoonotic pathogens in dairy production -- Tracing pathogens in molluscan shellfish production chains -- Tracing pathogens in fruit and vegetable production chains.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013427764
ISBN9781845694968
ISBN1845694961

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