Foodborne pathogens are causing a great number of diseases with significant effects on
human health and economy. The characteristics of the most common pathogenic bacteria …

Throughout the world, foodborne pathogens are still causing many intestinal diseases in
humans, resulting in substantial health and economic burdens. In the United States, where …

Food contamination with microbial agents can take place at any stage of the food chain, from
farm to fork. For this reason, good hygienic and manufacturing practices must be followed …

The epidemiology of foodborne diseases has changed rapidly in the last two decades.
Emergence of newly recognized foodborne pathogens has significantly contributed to this …

Food safety is an important part of public health linking health to agriculture and other food
production sectors. For over a century, developments in food production and new control …

Contamination refers to a condition of being inappropriate for use due to presence of
undesirable elements. Food contamination can occur due to the existence of foreign …

Foodborne disease (also referred to as foodborne illness or food poisoning) is any illness
that results from the consumption of contaminated food, contaminated with pathogenic …

When certain disease-causing bacteria, viruses or parasite contaminate food, they can
cause food-related diseases. Another word for such a bacterium, virus, or parasite is …

The burden of diseases caused by food-borne pathogens remains largely unknown.
Importantly data indicating trends in food-borne infectious intestinal disease is limited to a …

Food is one of the most important transmis-sion routes of diseases globally due to microbial
contaminations (1). Global emergence and reemergence of foodborne pathogens have …