Campylobacter - An Overview

ISBN-13: 9783659859427 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 76 str.

John Yew Huat Tang

Opis

This book provides a general overview on Campylobacter as an emerging foodborne pathogen. It focuses on two types thermophilic Campylobacters, namely Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, which have been recognized to cause human gastroenteritis. This book covers Campylobacters characteristics, survival strategies in the environment, prevalence in different types of foods, cross-contamination in foods, detection and enumeration methods and illnesses caused by Campylobacters.

O autorze

John Yew Huat Tang, Ph.D, is currently the Head of Food Industry Department, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia. He has more than 10 years experience in the field of Food Microbiology and Food Safety. He has published his studies in 27 international peer reviewed journals.