Foodborne diseases remain one of the most significant public health challenges of the twenty-first century. Despite remarkable advances in food science, technology, and regulatory oversight, contaminated food continues to sicken hundreds of millions of people worldwide each year, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and imposing enormous economic burdens on healthcare systems and food industries alike.
This reference book, Foodborne Pathogens: Molecular Mechanisms, Detection Technologies, and Control Strategies, was conceived to address the urgent need for a comprehensive, scientifically rigorous, and practically oriented resource that bridges the gap between fundamental microbiology and applied food safety practice. It is intended to serve as an authoritative reference for food scientists, clinical microbiologists, public health professionals, regulatory scientists, and advanced students in the life sciences.
The landscape of foodborne disease has shifted considerably in recent decades. Globalization of the food supply chain has introduced new vulnerabilities and transmission pathways. Climate change is expanding the geographic ranges of certain pathogens and altering the seasonal dynamics of others. Simultaneously, the emergence of antimicrobial resistance threatens our ability to treat severe foodborne infections. Against this backdrop, the development of rapid, sensitive, and specific detection technologies has accelerated dramatically, driven by advances in molecular biology, genomics, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence.
This book is organized into ten chapters, each addressing a critical dimension of foodborne pathogen science. The opening chapters provide a thorough survey of the major bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens responsible for foodborne illness, with emphasis on their ecology, epidemiology, and clinical significance. Subsequent chapters examine the molecular mechanisms by which these agents cause disease, including adhesion and colonization, invasion strategies, toxin production, immune evasion, and biofilm formation.
Buy now
- Quote paper
- Alfi Sophian (Author), 2026, Foodborne Pathogens. Molecular Mechanisms, Detection Technologies, and Control Strategies, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1708712
