Food-borne viruses : progress and challenges / edited by Marion P. G. Koopmans, Dean O. Cliver and Albert Bosch. - Wash., D. C. : ASM Press, c2008. - xii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Emerging issues in food safety .

Contents: Historic overview of food virology / Dean O. Cliver - - Food-borne viruses : state of the art / Marc-Alain Widdowson and Jan Vinjel - - Enterically transmitted hepatitis / Rakesh Aggarwal and Sita Naik - - The challenge of estimating the burden of an underreported disease / Sarah J. O'Brien - - Emerging food-borne viral diseases / Erwin Duizer and Marion Koopmans - - Viral evolution and its relevance for food-borne virus epidemiology / Esteban Domingo ad Harry Vennema - - Rethinking virus detection in food / Rosa M. Pinto and Albert Bosch - - Binding and inactivation of viruses on and in food, with a focus on the role of the matrix / Francoise S. Le Guyader and Robert L. Atmar - - Use of the Codex risk analysis framework to reduce risks associated with viruses in food / Jaap Jansen - - Risk assessment of viruses in food : opportunities and challenges / Arlie H. Havelaar and Saskie A. Rutjes. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Foodborne diseases.
Virus diseases.
Food--Microbiology.
Food microbiology.
Food contamination--Prevention & Control.
Virus diseases--Prevention & control.