Foodborne Microbial Pathogens
Mechanisms and Pathogenesis
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Beschreibung
Foodborne Microbial Pathogens: Mechanisms and Pathogenesis is the first textbook of its kind, and will serve as a valuable resource not only for food microbiology graduate or undergraduate students but can be used as a desk reference for medical microbiologists, microbiology professionals, and academicians involved in food microbiology and food safety related research or teaching.
The author presents up-to-date information on molecular and cellular mechanism of several major foodborne microbial pathogens, including select agents for bioterrorism, virulence genes and their regulation in the host or the food environment, pathogenicity testing models, clinical symptoms, and prevention and control strategies. In order to understand the disease process, one must have certain understanding about the role of the immune system. Thus this book also covers the host parasite interaction to a level where the readers will have a better appreciation for the disease mechanism.
The book also includes digital and hand-drawn figures to illustrate the pathogenic process. The art was generated by the author, and the illustrations uniquely aid in better understanding of the mechanism of pathogenesis.
About the Author:
Arun K. Bhunia is a Professor of Molecular Food Microbiology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
This graduate-level textbook focuses on the very latest information on the molecular and cellular mechanism of several major foodborne bacterial pathogens. For the first time this book links foodborne illness and immunology. It also covers virulence genes and their regulation in the host or the food environment, pathogenicity testing models, clinical symptoms and prevention and control strategies. A prerequisite to understanding the disease process is an understanding of the role of the immune system in that process. Thus, unlike other textbooks this one also covers the host/parasite interaction to a level where readers have a real appreciation of the disease mechanism. Now, more food microbiology training courses have begun to emphasize the importance of basic research and its power to solve practical problems. Thus it is imperative to acquire a better understanding of foodborne pathogens. And this is what this brilliant and timely contribution to the subject offers.
For the first time a book will link foodborne illness and immunology This textbook will combine the host parasite interaction to a level where the readers would have better appreciation for the disease mechanism with up-to-date information on molecular and cellular mechanism of several major foodborne bacterial pathogens, virulence genes and their regulation in the host or the food environment, pathogenicity testing models, clinical symptoms and prevention and control strategies Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material
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From the reviews:
"A well-organized work covering a variety of foodborne microorganisms. … Figures and tables are used well throughout the book to illustrate topics, and references are included at the end of each chapter. Readers without a thorough knowledge of immunology and microbiology will find this a useful resource, as the author provides enough information for them to understand the concepts presented. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates." (P. M. Watt, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), August, 2008)
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