Editors:
- Serves as a reference book for students and professionals in food science as well as public health
- Reviews the two major parasite groups that are transmitted via water or foods: the protozoa and the helminths
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Food Microbiology and Food Safety (FMFS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Microbiologists are being challenged as foodborne outbreaks are increasingly being observed worldwide. Most of these outbreaks are associated with viral and bacterial pathogens such as Campylobacter, Salmonella, and lately Escherichia coli O157:H7, which emerged in the 1990s. Although parasites have been evolving with Man since antiquity, the control and eradication of these diseases are still far from being achieved. They are more frequently being reported in the literature as causative agents of food and waterborne illnesses.
Foodborne Parasites examines the two major parasite groups that are transmitted via water or foods: the protozoa, which are single celled organisms, and the helminths. The helminths are classified in three sub groups: cestodes (tapeworms), nematodes (round worms), and trematodes (flukes). To better understand their significance, each chapter covers the biology, mechanisms of pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, and inactivation of these parasites.
This important new text is crucial to a better understanding of the biology and control of parasitic infections necessary to reduce and eliminate future outbreaks in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Editors and Affiliations
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Center for Food Safety Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin
Ynes R. Ortega
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Foodborne Parasites
Editors: Ynes R. Ortega
Series Title: Food Microbiology and Food Safety
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-31197-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4015-5Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-31197-5Published: 22 November 2006
Series ISSN: 2629-1010
Series E-ISSN: 2629-1029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 284
Topics: Food Science, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Medicine/Public Health, general