Giardia as a Foodborne Pathogen /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the parasite: biology (including species and genotypes), lifecycle, pathology, treatment
- Transmission routes and factors that lend themselves to foodborne transmission
- Documented foodborne outbreaks
- Approaches to detecting Giardia cysts in different food matrices
- Occurence of Giardia cysts in different food matrices: results of surveys
- Inactivation or decontamination procedures
- Risk assessment and regulations
- Future challenges
- Conclusions
- References.