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brvan at aol.com (BRVan) writes:
>>The use of the catch phrase "emerging pathogen" is really misleading. A
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>Other organisms with questionable links to foodborne illness include
>Proteus, Citrobacter, Pseudomonas, Streptococcus...and the list goes on.
>One interesting source on a variety of pathogens (bacterial, viral, etc.)
>is the USDA's "Bad Bug Book" (1993), located somewhere on the web. I can
Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins (1992) "The Bad
Bug Book" is an FDA publication with the URL:
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
It will be revised this summer, so take another look at it in another
couple of months.
>get you the address at work, if anyone wants it. It covers everything
>from Cryptosporidium to Hep C to Scrombotoxins. Both the USDA and FDA
>have started putting stuff on the web, and I wouldn't be surprised if
>Agriculture Canada has too. Depending on how much background in food
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The CDC has a new publication out called "Emerging Infectious Diseases".
One of it's goals is "to promote the recognition of new and reemerging
infectious diseases". Clearly, many of the "new" pathogens are really
old pathogens that are on a comeback. You may download articles from
this new journal from the CDC web site. Navigate to the publication
page from http://www.cdc.gov/ and enjoy. I think you can look forward
to more information on foodborne diseases on the World-wide-web in the
future.
Mark O. Walderhaug voice: 202 205-4682 fax: 202 401-7740
Microbial Ecology Branch HFS-517 Food and Drug Administration
200 C St. S.W., Washington, DC 20204 USA BITNET: MOW at BFD
Internet: mow at vm.cfsan.fda.gov or mow at fdacf.ssw.dhhs.gov
