Giardia as a Foodborne Pathogen

• Main Author: Robertson, Lucy J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical parasitology.; Food science.; Biomedicine.; Parasitology.; Food Science.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7756-3

Although widely recognized as an�important waterborne pathogen,�Giardia duodenalis can also be transmitted by contamination of food. The same properties of this protozoan parasite that mean that water is an excellent transmission vehicle are also important for foodborne transmission. These include t...

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.