Hui Y. H., Sattar S. A., - Foodborne Disease Handbook Vol. 1

Hui Y. H., Sattar S. A., - Foodborne Disease Handbook Vol. 1 - Y. H. Hui

The Foodborne Disease Handbook, Second Edition thoroughly describes, in up-to-date detail, the bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal pathogens and toxicants from plants, animals, and other environmental sources in food and drinking water that cause disease -- providing traditional and new methods of treatment, cure, and prevention of foodborne infections and illnesses. Each volume -- written by leading authorities -- presents the history, biology, chemistry, disease outbreaks, treatment, and recent research on the full spectrum of foodborne diseases, as well as a complete listing of poison centers in the United States. Volume 1: Bacterial Pathogens, contains new chapters on the role of U.S. poison centers in bacterial exposures, bacteria biota in foods, salmonellosis in animals, human salmonellosis, Vibro cholerae, and Vibrio vulnificus. Book jacket.