Microbial foodborne diseases : mechanisms of pathogenesis and toxin synthesis /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lancaster, PA:
Technimic publishing company,
c2000
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of contributors
- Part I. Negative foodborne bacterial pathogens: 1. Molecular and cellular biology of salmonella pathogenesis 2. Shigella infections: Epidemiology, pathogenesis and host immune response 3. The molecular pathogenesis of Escherichia coli infections 4. Virulence determinants of the bacterial pathogen yersinia enterocolitica: mode of action and global regulation 5. Molecular pathogenesis of vibrio infections 6. Molecular mechanisms governing campylobacter pathogenicity
- Part II. Gram positive foodborne bacterial pathogens: 7. The action , genetics and synthesis of clostridium perfringens enterotoxin 8. Mechanisms of pathogenesis and toxin synthesis in clostridium botulinum 9. Pathogenesis determinants of listeria monosytogenes
- Part III. Fungal and marine toxins: 10. Aflatoxins: biological significance and regulation of biosynthesis 11. Fusarium toxins: Trichothecenes and fumonisins 12. PSP toxins: their biosynthesis by marine dinoflagellates and molecular identification
- Part IV. Parasitic protozoa: 13. Toxoplasma gondii strain variation and pathogenicity 14. Entamoeba histolytica and cryptosporidium parvum
- Part V. Viruses and related infectious agents: 15. Norwalk and other human caliciviruses: molecular characterization , epidemiology and pathogenesis 16. Molecular biology of prion diseases
- Index
- About the editors