edited by A.M. Saeed, et al

This timely account of Salmonella Enteritidis as a public threat and a medical problem represents the various efforts of health professionals around the world to understand and control this widespread disease.

Unique in its detailed overview of this prevalent disease, this book will be of great value to public health planners and medical and animal health agencies, as well as producers whose food products are susceptible to Salmonella and its devastating consequences on food safety.

Contents

1. Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Epidemiological and Public Health Considerations: A Global Prospective
   1. Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis
   2. Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Phage Type 4 in England and Wales
   3. Salmonella enterica Serovar in Scotland
   4. Edpidemiology of Human Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection in the United States
   5. Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in France: Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control
   6. Ups and Downs of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Germany
   7. Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Denmark Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in the Netherlands: Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control
   8. Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Switzerland: Recognition, Development, and Control of the Epidemic
   9. Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Phage Types in Austria: From Understanding to Intervention
   10. Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infections in Italy
   11. Prevalence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis and Other Salmonella Serovars Among Immunocompromised and Immunocompetent Persons in New York City, 1993-93

2. Molecular Epidemiology
   13. Molecular Epidemiolgical Methods for Differentiation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Strains
   14. Rational Approach to the Choice of Molecular Markers Applicable to the Tracing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis
   15. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis
   16. Use of Molecular Biological Markers in the Epidemiological Study of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infections in Humans and Animals

3. Virulence and Pathogenesis
   17. Virulence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis
   18. Contamination of Eggs and Poultry Meat with Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis
   19. Mechanism of Transovarian Transmission of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Laying Hens
   20. Characterization of Chicken Ovarian Infection with Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis
   21. Phage Type and Other Outer-Membrance Characteristics of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Associated with Virulence
   22. Applying Experimental Infection Models to Understand the Pathogenesis, Detection, and Control of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Poultry
   23. Experimental Infection of Four Strains of Commercial Layings Hens With Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Phage Type 8
   24. Role of Fimbriae fo Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in the Phathogenesis of the Disease in Experimentally Infected Laying Hens

4. Prevention and Control: Introduction: Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Current Status and a Recommendation for its Prevention and Control
   25. Economic Consequences of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection in Humans and in the U.S. Egg Industry
   26. Control of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Sweden
   27. Control of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Under the U.S. National Poultry Improvement Plan
   28. Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection in British Poultry Flocks
   29. Occurence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Poultry and Other Animals in the United States, 1989-96
   30. Role of Rodents in the Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis and Other Salmonella Serovar in Poultry Farms
   31. Prevalence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Unpasteurized Liquid Eggs and Aged Laying Hens at Slaughter: Implications on Epidemiology and Control of the Disease
   32. Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Pilot Project
   33. Impact of Induced Molting on Immunity and Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection in Laying Hens
   34. Transmission of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis and Effect of Stress on Shedding in Laying Hens
   35. Competitive Exclusion in the Control of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection in Laying Poultry
   36. Vaccination Against Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection: Dilemma and Realities
   37. Control of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection in Chickens by Using Live Avirulent Salmonella Typhimurium Vaccine Strain
   38. Immunoprophylaxis fo Chicks Against Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis
   39. Methods for Isolating Salmonellae from Poultry and the Poultry Environment

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