While the vast majority of our food supplies are nutritious and safe, foodborne pathogen-related illness still affects millions of people each year. Large outbreaks of foodborne diseases — such as the recent salmonella outbreak linked to various peanut butter products — continue to be reported with alarming frequency.
All-Encompassing Guide to Detection Techniques
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 to implement a surveillance system that uses state-of-the-art molecular techniques to quickly detect and identify bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic pathogens concerned.
Included in each chapter:
- Concise review of the selected pathogen in respect to its biology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis
- Summary of molecular detection methods available
- Description of clinical/food sample collection and preparation procedures
- Selection of robust, effective, step-by-step detection protocols
- Discussion of the current challenges and ongoing research needs to further extend utility and performance of molecular diagnostic methods
With proven, ready-to-use protocols (including commercial kits), this globally pertinent resource demonstrates how speedy and effective detection methods can lead to more lives saved and a consistently safe, quality, and trustworthy food supply.
Molecular Detection: Principles and Methods, L. Gorski and A. Csordas
FOODBORNE VIRUSES
Adenoviruses, C.P. Gerba and R.A. Rodríguez
Astroviruses, E. Meleg and F. Jakab
Avian Influenza Virus, G. Cattoli and I. Monne
Hepatitis A and E Viruses, H. Ushijima, P. Khamrin, and N. Maneekarn
Noroviruses, A.C. Schultz, J. Vinjé, and B. N’ørrung
Rotaviruses, D. Liu, L.A. Hanson, and L.M. Pinchuk
Sapoviruses, G.S. Hansman
Slow Viral Diseases, T. Onodera, G. Xue, A. Sakudo, G. Zanusso, and K. Sugiura
FOODBORNE GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
Bacillus, N. Raddadi, A. Rizzi, L. Brusetti, S. Borin, I. Tamagnini, and D. Daffonchio
Clostridium, A. Heikinheimo, M. Lindström, D. Liu and H. Korkeala
Enterococcus, T. Semedo-Lemsaddek, R. Tenreiro, P. Lopes Alves, and M.T. Barreto Crespo
Helicobacter, N. Noguchi
Kocuria, E. Carretto and D. Barbarini
Listeria, D. Liu and H.-J. Busse
Micrococcus, F. Hilbert and H.-J. Busse
Mycobacterium, I.R. Grant and C.E.D. Rees
Staphylococcus, P. Moroni, G. Pisoni, P. Cremonesi, and B. Castiglioni
Streptococcus, M. van der Linden, R. Storm Haylett, R.R. Reinert, and L. Rink
FOODBORNE GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
Aeromonas, G. Naharro, J. Riaño, L. de Castro, S. Alvarez, and J.M. Luengo
Arcobacter, K. Houf
Bacteroides, R. Chaudry, A. Pandey, and N. Sharma
Brucella, S. Al Dahouk, K. Nöckler, and H. Tomaso
Burkholderia, K.H. Lynch and J.J. Dennis
Campylobacter, A. Fernández Astorga and R. Alonso
Enterobacter, A. Lehner, R. Stephan, C. Iversen, and S. Fanning
Escherichia, D.H. Shah, S. Shringi, T.E. Besser, and D.R. Call
Klebsiella, B. Meurer Moreira, M.A. Lemos Miguel, A.C. Dias de Castro, M.S. Alves, and R.C. da Silva Dias
Plesiomonas, J.A. Santos, A. Otero, and M.-L. García López
Proteus, A. Rózalski and P. Staczek
Pseudomonas, O. Zaborina and J. Alverdy
Salmonella, C. Löfström, J. Hoorfar, J. Schelin, P. Rådström, and B. Malorny
Serratia, Z.-Q. Hu, W.-H. Zhao, and Z. Hu
Shigella, B.R. Warren, K.A. Lampel, and K.R. Schneider
Vibrio, A.K. Bej
Yersinia, M. Skurnik, P. Rådström, R. Knutsson, B. Segerman, S. Hallanvuo, S.T. Lambertz, H. Korkeala, and M. Fredriksson-Ahomaa
FOODBORNE FUNGI
Alternaria, D. Liu, S.B. Pruett, and C. Coyne
Aspergillus, G. Perrone, A. Gallo, and A. Susca
Candida, P.L. White, S.J. Hibbitts, M.D. Perry, and R.A. Barnes
Debaryomyces, J.J. Córdoba, M.J. Andrade, E. Bermúdez, F. Núñez, M.A. Asensio, and M. Rodríguez
Fusarium, A. Moretti and A. Susca
Penicillium, J. Dupont
Rhodotorula, D. Libkind and J.P. Sampaio
Saccharomyces, F. Rossi and S. Torriani
FOODBORNE PROTOZOA
Acanthamoeba, H. Yera, P. Goldschmidt, C. Chaumeil, M. Cornet, and M.-L. Dardé
Cryptosporidium, U. Ryan and S.M. Cacciò
Cyclospora, D. Liu, G.T. Pharr, and F.W. Austin
Entamoeba, D. Stark and J. Ellis
Encephalitozoon and Enterocytzoon, J.J. Verweij and D. Liu
Giardia, Y. Feng and L. Xiao
Isospora, S. Jongwutiwes and C. Putaporntip
Sarcocystis, B.M. Rosenthal
Toxoplasma, C. Su and J.P. Dubey
FOODBORNE HELMINTHES
Anisakis, S. D’Amelio, M. Busi, S. Ingrosso, L. Paggi, and E. Giuffra
Clonorchis, H. Mehlhorn, B. Müller, and J. Schmidt
Diphyllobothrium, J. Dupouy-Camet and H. Yera
Fasciola, X.-Q. Zhu, Q.-J. Zhuang, R.-Q. Lin, and W.-Y. Huang
Heterophyidae, R. Dzikowski and M.G. Levy
Metagonimus, J.-R Yu and J.-Y. Chai
Opisthorchis, P. Sithithaworn, T. Laha, and R.H. Andrews
Paragonimus, K. Narain, T. Agatsuma, and D. Blair
Taenia, A. Ito, M. Nakao, Y. Sako, K. Nakaya, T. Yanagida, and M. Okamoto
Trichinella, E. Pozio and G. La Rosa
Biography
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.
… destined to be a reference text of the future.
—International Food Hygiene