Features

Provides a comprehensive coverage of foodborne viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections
Presents an authoritative review of in vivo and in vitro laboratory models for foodborne disease investigation
Facilitates the selection of appropriate laboratory models for unraveling host-pathogen interactions during foodborne infections
Offers a reliable, informative reference for scientists involved in foodborne disease research and development
Summary

Resulting from ingestion of inappropriately prepared or stored foods containing pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, foodborne infections have become a significant source of human morbidity and mortality worldwide in recent decades. This may be largely attributable to the remarkable popularity of convenient, ready-to-eat food products, the dramatic expansion of international food trades, and the continuing growth of immuno-suppressed population groups. Although anti-microbial treatments have played a crucial part in the control of foodborne infections in the past, the emergence and spread of anti-microbial resistance render the existing treatments ineffective. Additionally, our limited understanding of the molecular mechanisms of foodborne infections has thwarted our efforts in the development of efficacious vaccines for foodborne pathogens.

Given the obvious benefits of laboratory models in foodborne disease research, a great number of experiments have been conducted toward the elucidation of host-pathogen interactions in and pathogenic mechanisms of foodborne infections. Forming part of the Food Microbiology series, Laboratory Models for Foodborne Infections presents a state-of-the-art review of laboratory models that have proven valuable in deciphering the life cycle, epidemiology, immunobiology, and other key aspects of foodborne pathogens.

Written by scientists with respective expertise in foodborne pathogen research, each chapter includes a contemporary summary of a particular foodborne viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection in relation to its life cycle, epidemiology, clinical features, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, and other related aspects. Besides providing a trustworthy source of information for undergraduates and postgraduates in food microbiology, Laboratory Models for Foodborne Infections offers an invaluable guide for scientists and food microbiologists with interest in exploiting laboratory models for detailed study of foodborne infections.

Table of Contents

Introductory remarks
Dongyou Liu

FOODBORNE INFECTIONS DUE TO VIRUSES

Adenovirus
Anthony P. Malanoski and Baochuan Lin

Astrovirus
Mathew D. Koci and Stacey L. Schultz-Cherry

Hepatitis E Virus
Kavita Lole, Prudhvi Lal Bhukya, and Subhashis Chatterjee

Norovirus
Doris H. D'Souza and Snehal S. Joshi

Rotavirus
Lijuan Yuan and Ke Wen

Prion
Akikazu Sakudo and Takashi Onodera

FOODBORNE INFECTIONS DUE TO GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA

Bacillus
Jessica Minnaard, Ivanna S. Rolny and Pablo F. Perez

Clostridium
Emilio Aranda, María G. Córdoba, María J. Benito, Juan José Córdoba

Enterococcus
Dongyou Liu

Listeria monocytogenes
Sarah E.F. D'Orazio

Mycobacterium
Flábio R. de Araújo and Nalvo F. Almeida

Staphylococcus
Mar Rodríguez, Alicia Rodríguez, María Jesús Andrade, Elena Bermúdez and Juan José Córdoba

Streptococcus
Dongyou Liu

FOODBORNE INFECTIONS DUE TO GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA

Aeromonas
Dongyou Liu

Bacteroides
Mario Julio Avila-Campos

Brucella
S.C. Olsen and B. Bricker

Burkholderia
Danielle L. Peters, Fatima Kamal, and Jonathan J. Dennis

Campylobacter
Martin Stahl and Bruce A. Vallance

Cronobacter: virulence and pathogenesis
Nemani V. Prasadarao

Escherichia
Dongyou Liu

Helicobacter
Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Yuka Kiriyama, and Masae Tatematsu

Klebsiella: Caenorhabditis elegans as a laboratory model for Klebsiella pneumoniae infection
Arumugam Kamaladevi and Krishnaswamy Balamurugan

Proteus
Paola Scavone, Victoria Iribarnegaray, and Pablo Zunino

Pseudomonas
Stavria Panayidou and Yiorgos Apidianakis

Salmonella
Dongyou Liu

Shigella
Soumik Barman and Yoshifumi Takeda

Vibrio: Caenorhabditis elegans as a laboratory model for Vibrio infections
Sellegounder Durai and Krishnaswamy Balamurugan

Yersinia
Xin Wang, Ran Duan, Junrong Liang, Wenpeng Gu, and Huaiqi Jing

FOODBORNE INFECTIONS DUE TO FUNGI

Alternaria
Alicia Rodríguez, Andrea Patriarca, Mar Rodríguez, María Jesús Andrade, and Juan José Córdoba

Aspergillus
László Kredics, János Varga, Rajagopalaboopathi Jayasudha, Sándor Kocsubé, Nikolett Baranyi, Coimbatore Subramanian Shobana, Muthusamy Chandrasekaran, Shine Kadaikunnan, Venkatapathy Narendran, Csaba Vágvölgyi, and Palanisamy Manikandan

Candida
María Jesús Andrade, Mar Rodríguez, Alicia Rodríguez and Juan José Córdoba

Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Hirotake Mori and Aongart Mahittikorn

Fusarium
Manikandan Palanisamy, Coimbatore Subramanian Shobana, Mónika Homa, Sándor Kocsubé, János Varga, Muthusamy Chandrasekaran, Naiyf S. Alharbi, Venkatapathy Narendran, Csaba Vágvölgyi and László Kredics

Penicillium and Talaromyces
Elena Bermúdez, Félix Núñez, Josué Delgado and Miguel A. Asensio

FOODBORNE INFECTIONS DUE TO PROTOZOA

Acanthamoeba
Dongyou Liu

Cryptosporidium
Dongyou Liu

Cystoisospora belli
Chaturong Putaporntip, and Somchai Jongwutiwes

Entamoeba histolytica
Mineko Shibayama, Nidia León-Sicairos, Jesús Serrano-Luna, and Mireya de la Garza

Giardia lamblia
Steven M. Singer, Jenny G. Maloney and Camila H. Coelho

Toxoplasma: animal and in vitro models on toxoplasmosis
Renato Augusto DaMatta, Andrea Cristina Vetö Arnholdt, and Farlen José Bebber Miranda

FOODBORNE INFECTIONS DUE TO HELMINTHS

Anisakis
Mauricio Afonso Vericimo, Gerlinde Teixeira, Israel Figueiredo Jr, Janaina Ribeiro, Maria Augusta Moulin Fantezia, and Sergio Carmona S o Clemente

Clonorchis sinensis
Bayissa Chala Legissa and Sung-Tae Hong

Fasciola and fasciolosis
Antonio Muro and Jose Rojas-Caraballo

Haplorchis
Dongyou Liu

Metagonimus
Jong-Yil Chai

Opisthorchis viverrini
Thidarut Boonmars

Paragonimus
Dongyou Liu

Taenia
Dongyou Liu

Trichinella
Ljiljana Sofronic-Milosavljevic, Natasa Ilic, and Alisa Gruden-Movsesijan