Handbook of Foodborne Diseases

Content: Introductory remarks. Foodborne diseases due to viruses. Adenovirus. Astrovirus. Enterovirus. Hantavirus. Hepatovirus (HAV). Kobuvirus (Aichi virus). Orthohepevirus (HEV). Norovirus. Rotavirus. Sapovirus. Torovirus. Prion. Foodborne diseases due to bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria. Bacillus (including cereulide and enterotoxins). Clostridium (including botulinum toxin). Enterococcus. Listeria. Mycobacterium. Staphylococcus (including toxins). Streptococcus (including toxins). Gram-negative bacteria. Aeromonas. Arcobacter. Brucella. Burkholderia. Campylobacter. Cronobacter. Enterobacter. Escherichia. Helicobacter. Plesiomonas. Proteus. Pseudomonas. Salmonella. Serratia. Shigella (including shiga toxin). Vibrio. Yersinia. Foodborne diseases due to fungi. Aureobasidium. Candida. Encephalitozoon. Enterocytzoon. Mucor. Foodborne diseases due to parasites Protozoa. Balantidium. Blastocystis. Cryptosporidium. Cyclospora. Dientamoeba. Entamoeba. Giardia. Isospora. Sarcocystis. Toxoplasma. Tryponosoma. Helminths. Angiostrongylus. Anisakis. Clonorchis. Diphyllobothrium. Diplogonoporus. Echinococcus. Echinostomes. Fasciola. Fasciolopsis. Gnathostoma. Haplorchis. Heterophyes. Hymenolepis. Metagonimus. Metorchis. Opisthorchis. Paragonimus. Spirometra. Taenia. Trichinella. Foodborne diseases due to toxins. Microbial toxins. Aflatoxins. Ergot alkaloids. Fumonisins. 3-Nitropropionic acid (3-NPA). Ochratoxins. Patulin. Ptomaine. Trichothecenes. Zearalenone. Seafood toxins. Brevetoxin. Ciguatoxin. Clupeotoxin. Domoic acid. Saxitoxins. Scombrotoxin. Tetrodotoxins. Plant toxins. Grayanotoxin. Mushroom toxins. Myristicin. Phytohaemagglutinin. Picrotoxin. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Saponins. Solanine. Taxine. Environmental toxins. Agricultural chemicals (e.g., dioxins, organophosphate). Chemicals from utensils and other sources (e.g., copper, zinc, lead, cadmium, mercury). Food additives.