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Food consumption and disease risk

Consumer-pathogen interactions

Edited by Morris Potter

Published December 13th 2006 by CRC Press – 456 pages

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Description

Interactions between foodborne pathogenic agents and consumers that affect the risk of consumers catching foodborne diseases are essential knowledge for microbiologists, R&D and QA staff in the food industry. This collection reviews important issues in the relationship between consumers and foodborne bacteria, viruses and parasites. It presents a broad picture of aspects that increase or decrease exposure to foodborne pathogens, such as globalization of the food supply and trends in food processing. The book addresses host factors that influence foodborne disease (age, genetics and underlying illness) and characteristics of pathogenic agents that influence interaction with human hosts.

Contents

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FOODBORNE PATHOGENIC AGENTS AND CONSUMERS

Introduction to foodborne illness: public health impact, pathogens and consumers, J.G. Morris

Populations at Elevated Risk of Foodborne Disease, L.C. Medeiros

Globalisation of the Food Supply and the Influence of Economic Factors on the Contamination of Food with Pathogens, J.C. Buzby

Trends in Agricultural Management and Land Use and the Risk of Foodborne Disease, A.P. Manuale

Influence of Food Processing Practices and Technologies on Consumer-Pathogen Interactions, V.N. Scott and P.H. Elliott

Exposure Assessment for Foodborne Pathogens, N. Rachman, N. Tran and A.J. Miller

Using Surveillance Data to Characterize and Analyze Risk Factors for Foodborne Illness, P. Cowen, L. Jaykus and C. Moore

HUMAN HOST FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE FOODBORNE DISEASE

Nonspecific Host Defences Against Foodborne Pathogens, J. Green-Johnson

Specific Immune Mechanisms of Defence Against Foodborne Pathogens, C. Gahan

Enhanced Susceptibility to Foodborne Infections and Disease Due to Underlying Illnesses and Pregnancy, J. Kobayashi

AGENT FACTORS OF PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE THAT INFLUENCE FOODBORNE DISEASE

Evolutionary Parasitology: The Development of Invasion, Evasion and Survival Mechanisms Used by Bacterial, Viral, Protozoan and Metazoan Parasites, J. Flegr

Foodborne Microbes' Mechanisms of Colonization, Attachment and Invasion, B. Jones

Hijacking the Host Cell: Foodborne Pathogens' Strategies for Reproduction and Defence Evasion, M. Wiedmann and A. Roberts

Role of Viruses in Foodborne Disease, C.L. Moe and J. Leon

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Foodborne Viral Disease, B. Goswami

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Food and Waterborne Parasitic Disease, M.P. Craver and L. Knoll

Dose-Response Relationships and Foodborne Disease, M. Zwietering and A. Havelaar

Name: Food consumption and disease risk: Consumer-pathogen interactions (Hardback)CRC Press 
Description: Edited by Morris Potter. Interactions between foodborne pathogenic agents and consumers that affect the risk of consumers catching foodborne diseases are essential knowledge for microbiologists, R&D and QA staff in the food industry. This collection reviews important issues...
Categories: Food Engineering, Food Microbiology