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Title Food-borne viruses : progress and challenges / edited by Marion P.G. Koopmans, Dean O. Cliver and Albert Bosch
Published Washington, DC : ASM Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations
Series Emerging issues in food safety
Emerging issues in food safety.
Contents Historic overview of food virology / Dean O. Cliver -- Food-borne viruses : state of the art / Marc-Alain Widdowson and Jan Vinjé -- Enterically tansmitted hepatitis / Rakesh Aggarwal and Sita Naik -- The challenge of estimating the burden of an underreported disease / Sarah J. O'Brien -- Emerging food-borne viral diseases / Erwin Duizer and Marion Koopmans -- Viral evolution and its relevance for food-borne virus epidemiology / Esteban Domingo and Harry Vennema -- Rethinking virus detection in food / Rosa M. Pintó and Albert Bosch -- Binding and inactivation of viruses on and in food, with a focus on the role of the matrix / Françoise S. Le Guyader and Robert L. Atmar -- Use of the Codex risk analysis framework to reduce risks associated with viruses in food / Jaap Jansen -- Risk assessment of viruses in food : opportunities and challenges / Arie H. Havelaar and Saskia A. Rutjes
Summary Food-borne viruses are recognized as a major health concern, but their distribution, definition, and impact are poorly understood. The volume Food-Borne Viruses goes a long way in correcting that problem. Written by leading scientists in the field, it brings together the latest knowledge on these viral strains, their detection and control, and associated challenges
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Foodborne diseases.
Virus diseases.
Food -- Microbiology.
Food Microbiology
Virus Diseases
Food Contamination -- prevention & control
Virus Diseases -- prevention & control
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Food -- Microbiology
Foodborne diseases
Virus diseases
Form Electronic book
Author Koopmans, M. P. G., editor.
Cliver, Dean O., editor.
Bosch, Albert (Albert Bosch Navarro), editor
ISBN 9781683671480
1683671481
9781628702248
1628702249
9781555815738
1555815731