Foodborne Diseases Shabbir Simjee, PhD

Table of Contents
1 Escherichia coli
Jianghong Meng and Carl M. Schroeder
2 Listeria
Franz Allerberger
3 Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens
Jim McLauchlin and Kathie A. Grant
4 Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa
5 Foodborne Pathogenic Vibrios
T. Ramamurthy and G. Balakrish Nair
6 Enterococcus and its Association with Foodborne Illness
Simona F. Oprea and Marcus J. Zervos
7 Foodborne Viral Hepatitis
Hazel Appleton, Malcolm Banks, Catherine M. Dentinger, and Chong Gee Teo
8 Gastroenteric Virus
Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Chris I. Gallimore, and Jim Gray
9 Cryptosporidium
Huw V. Smith and Rosely A. B. Nichols
10 Cyclospora
Huw V. Smith
11 Giardia
Huw V. Smith and Tim Paget
12 Toxoplasma gondii
Dolores E. Hill, Chirukandoth Sreekumar, Jeffrey Jones, and J. P. Dubey
13 Aflatoxins: Background, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology
Joan W. Bennett, S. Kale, and Jiujiang Yu
14 Scombroid Fish Poisoning
Elijah W. Stommel
15 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, Gerri M. Ransom, Mindi D. Russell, Kristina E. Barlow, Katrine M. Pritchard, Denise R. Eblen, Celine A. Nadon, Parmesh K. Saini, Nisha D. O. Antoine, Bonnie E. Rose, and Gerald W. Zirnstein,
16 Use of Antimicrobials in Food Animal Production
Frank M. Aaestrup and Lars B. Jensen
17 Alternatives to Antimicrobials
Toni L. Poole, Todd R. Callaway, and David J. Nisbet
18 Microbial Risk Assessment
Carl M. Schroeder, Elke Jensen, Marianne D. Miliotis, Sherri B. Dennis, and Kara M. Morgan
19 Food Irradiation and Other Sanitation Procedures
Donald W. Thayer
20 Molecular Techniques of Detection and Discrimination of Foodborne Pathogens and Their Toxins
Steven L. Foley and Kathie A. Grant
21 Future Directions in Food Safety
Ross C. Beier and Suresh D. Pilla