Foodborne Parasites

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ortega, Ynes R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Food Microbiology And Food Safety Series
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Food > Biotechnology.; Medicine.; Food Science.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

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...