Foodborne viruses are an important group of pathogens recognizedto cause significant disease globally, in terms of both number ofillnesses and severity of disease. Contamination of foods by enteric viruses, such ashuman norovirus and hepatitis A and E viruses, is a major concern to publichealth and food safety. Food Virology is a burgeoning field of emphasis for scientificresearch. Many developments in foodborne virus detection, prevention and control havebeen made in recent years and are the basis of this publication.
This second edition of Viruses in Foods provides anup-to-date description of foodborne viruses of public health importance, including theirepidemiology and methods for detection, prevention and control. It uniquely includes casereports of past outbreaks with implications for better control of future outbreaks, asection that can be considered a handbook for foodborne virus detection, and updated andexpanded information on virus prevention and control, with chapters on naturalvirucidal compounds in foods and risk assessment of foodborne viruses.
Food Virology: Advances and Needs.- Human and Animal Viruses in Food
(Including Taxonomy of Enteric Viruses).- The Molecular Virology of Enteric
Viruses.- Epidemiology of Food-borne Viruses.- Epidemiology of Viral
Foodborne Outbreaks: Role of Food Handlers, Irrigation Water, and Surfaces.-
Case Studies and Outbreaks Fresh Produce.- Shellfish-Associated Enteric
Virus Illness: Virus Localization, Disease Outbreaks and Prevention.-
Outbreaks and case studies Community and Food Handlers.- Methods for Virus
Recovery from Foods.- Methods for Virus Recovery in Water.- Molecular
Detection Methods of Foodborne Viruses.- Methods for Estimating Virus
Infectivity.- Survival of Enteric Viruses in the Environment and Food.- Using
Microbicidal Chemicals to Interrupt the Spread of Foodborne Viruses.- Virus
Inactivation During Food Processing.- Natural Virucidal Compounds in Foods.-
Risk Assessment for Foodborne Viruses.- Index.
Sagar M. Goyal is a Professor of Virology in the Veterinary Population Medicine Department at the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine. Jennifer L. Cannon is an Associate Professor of Food Virology at the University of Georgias Center for Food Safety and in the Department of Food Science and Technology.
