The Norovirus
Features, Detection, and Prevention of Foodborne Disease
Description
Key Features
- Provides detailed knowledge of food as a mode of transmission, of detection, and of the biology and impact of Norovirus
- Includes applications to other relevant strains of foodborne pathogens
- Presents foodborne disease outbreak case studies to enhance learning
Readership
Food Safety Researchers, Food Microbiologists, Food Virologists, Government, Industry and Academia
Table of Contents
Introduction
Health Impact
1. Global disease burden of foodborne illnesses associated with norovirus
2. Overview of Norovirus as a food-borne pathogen
3. Shellfish and Berries: the ready to eat food most involved in human Norovirus outbreaksPathogen
4. Structure and genotypes of Noroviruses
5. Whole genome sequencing approach to genotyping and epidemiologyPathogen and the Host
6. Clinical manifestations
7. Immune responseDetection and Diagnosis
8. Detection and laboratory diagnosis of Noroviruses
9. PCR assays for diagnosis
10. “PANtrap” A Novel Detection Method for General Food Samples
11. Immunochromatographic tests for rapid diagnosis of norovirusesControl and Prevention
12. Infection control and outbreak management
13. Vaccine develoment
Product details
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2016
- Published: October 3, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128041772
- eBook ISBN: 9780128041949
About the Editors
Paul K S Chan
Professor Chan obtained his Medical Degree from The University of Hong Kong in 1988, and completed a Master Degree in virology at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, The University of London in 1994. He received specialty training in clinical virology from the Virus Unit of Department of Health, and obtained a Doctoral Degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003.
Professor Chan’s research mainly focuses on human papillomavirus and human respiratory viruses covering epidemiology, diagnosis, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention. He is the convener of a multidisciplinary research team “HPV Research & Education Consortium @ CU Medicine”.
Affiliations and Expertise
Hoi Shan Kwan
Paul KS Chan is the Clinical Professor of the School of Life Sciences and Director of the Food Research Centre at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
His research interests are genomics and functional genomics, molecular genetics and genomic analysis of bacteria, fungi and marine animals, food Safety and authentication, microbiology, molecular biology and biotechnology, and molecular analysis of Chinese medicine and food.
Affiliations and Expertise
Martin C.W. Chan
His research interests are norovirus molecular epidemiology, gut virome, virus discovery, and food virology.