Molecular Detection of Foodborne Pathogens

ISBN-13: 9781420076431 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 905 str.

Dongyou Liu

Opis

One of the most effective ways to control and prevent human foodborne infections is to implement a pathogen surveillance system. Addressing the biology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of more than 60 microorganisms, Molecular Detection of Foodborne Pathogens demonstrates how implement a surveillance system that uses state-of-the-art molecular techniques to quickly detect and identify bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic pathogens. Each chapter contains a concise review of the discussed pathogen; a detailed description of current molecular procedures for its detection and identification including ready-to-use protocols; and a discussion on further research needs pertaining to improved diagnosis.

Recenzje

… destined to be a reference text of the future.
—International Food Hygiene

Spis treści

Molecular Detection: Principles and Methods. Adenoviruses. Astroviruses. Avian Influenza Virus. Hepatitis A and E Viruses. Noroviruses. Rotaviruses. Sapoviruses. Slow Viral Diseases. Bacillus. Clostridium. Enterococcus. Helicobacter. Kocuria. Listeria. Micrococcus. Mycobacterium Avium Subspecies Paratuberculosis. Staphylococcus Aureus. Streptococcus. Aeromonas. Arcobacter. Enterotoxigenic Bacteriodes Fragilis. Brucella. Burkholderia. Campylobacter Jejuni. Enterobacter. Escherichia Coli O157:H7. Klebsiella. Plesiomonas Shigelloides. Proteus. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. Salmonella. Serratia Marcescens. Shigella. Vibrio. Yersinia. Alternaria. Aspergillus. Candida. Debaryomyces. Fusarium. Penicillium. Rhodotorula. Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Acanthamoeba. Cryptosporidium. Cyclospora. Entamoeba. Microsporidia. Giardia. Isospora Belli. Sarcocystis. Toxoplasma Gondii. Anisakis. Clonorchis Sinensis. Diphyllobothrium. Fasciola. Heterophyidae. Metagonimus. Opisthorchis. Paragonimus. Taenia. Trichinella.

O autorze

Dongyou Liu, Ph.D., is currently a research scientist at Human Genetic Signatures, North Ryde, NSW, Australia. Previously, he graduated in 1982 with a veterinary science degree from Hunan Agricultural University, China, and then completed his postgraduate study on immunological diagnosis of human hydatid disease in 1989 at the University of Melbourne, Australia. During the past two decades, he has worked in several research and clinical laboratories in Australia and the United States of America, with emphases on the molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenicity and the development of nucleic acid-based assays for species- and virulence-specific determination of microbial pathogens such as ovine footrot bacterium (Dichelobacter nodosus), dermatophyte fungi (Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton) and listeriae (Listeria species). He is the editor of Handbook of Listeria monocytogenes and Handbook of Nucleic Acid Purification, both of which are published by CRC Press.