Guide to Foodborne Pathogens covers pathogens--bacteria, viruses, and parasites--that are most commonly responsible for foodborne illness. An essential guide for anyone in the food industry, research, or regulation who needs to ensure or enforce food safety, the guide delves into the nature of illnesses, the epidemiology of pathogens, and current detection, prevention, and control methods. The guide further includes chapters on new technologies for microbial detection and the globalization of the food supply, seafood toxins, and other miscellaneous agents.

Contributors vii1 Globalization and epidemiology of foodborne disease 1Ewen C. D. Todd2 Staphylococcus aureus 26Reginald W. Bennett, Jennifer M. Hait and Sandra M. Tallent3 Listeria monocytogenes 45Catherine W. Donnelly and Francisco Diez-Gonzalez4 Bacillus cereus 75Toril Lindbäck and Per Einar Granum5 Clostridium perfringens 82Norma L. Heredia and Ronald G. Labbé6 Clostridium botulinum 91Barbara M. Lund and Michael W. Peck7 Salmonella 112Steven C. Ricke, Ok-Kyung Koo, Steven Foley and Rajesh Nayak8 Shigella species 138Keith A. Lampel9 Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae 148Salina Parveen and Mark L. Tamplin10 Yersinia enterocolitica 177Saumya Bhaduri and James L. Smith11 Campylobacter 188Santos Garcia and Norma L. Heredia12 Arcobacter and Helicobacter 197Irene V. Wesley13 Brucella 210Axel Cloeckaert and Michel S. Zygmunt14 Escherichia coli 222Peter Feng15 Cronobacter spp. (formerly Enterobacter sakazakii) 241Qiongqiong Yan, Karen A. Power, Ben D. Tall and Séamus Fanning16 Aflatoxins and Aspergillus flavus 257Deepak Bhatnagar and Santos Garcia17 Fusarium and fumonisins: Toxigenic Fusarium species in cereal grains and processed foods 273Andreia Bianchini and Lloyd B. Bullerman18 Other moulds and mycotoxins 284Vicente Sanchis Almenar, Antonio J. Ramos girona and Sonia Marin Sillué19 Foodborne protozoa 303Ynes R. Ortega and Martin Kváè20 Taenia solium, Taenia saginata and Taenia asiatica 317Ana Flisser Steinbruch21 Other foodborne helminthes 329M. Guadalupe Ortega-Pierres, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León and Dante S. Zarlenga22 Foodborne viruses 352Anna M. Fabiszewski de Aceituno, Jennifer J. Rocks, Lee-Ann Jaykus and Juan S. Leon23 Seafood toxins 377James M. Hungerford24 Prion diseases 399Debbie McKenzie and Judd Aiken25 Forthcoming new technologies for microbial detection 414Arun K. Bhunia26 Stress adaptation, survival and recovery of foodborne pathogens 422Alissa M. Wesche and Elliot T. Ryser27 Microbial biofilms and food safety 438L. A. McLandsborough28 Bacteriophage biocontrol 448Lars Fieseler and Martin J. LoessnerIndex 457