Environmental and Food Virology

Gislaine Fongaro is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (MIP), Center for Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina. She is a PhD in Biotechnology and Biosciences and is working in the One Health area focusing on virus monitoring and bacteriophage technology and discovery. She was the person who conceptualized this book. David Rodríguez-Lázaro is a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine (DVM), an expert in Food Science (BSc and MSc) and Molecular Microbiology (PhD). He is the Head of the Microbiology Division and the Director of the Centre for Emerging Pathogens and Global Health at the University of Burgos. His research interest is focused on the establishment of strategies for the detection of foodborne pathogens from environmental and food sources, the characterization of their prevalence, and the development of emergent food preservation processes. Doris Sobral Marques Souza is a Biologist with, PhD in Biotechnology and Bioscience, and expertise area in Environmental Virology. Author of several publications about human viral pathogens contaminants in environmental and food samples, focusing on One Health. Dr. Souza is a member of the research team at Applied Virology Laboratory and Food Science and Technology Department at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

An Overview of Viruses Transmitted by Water and Food: Main Actors and the Main Transmission Routes. Enteroviruses: Impacts and Challengers. Environmental Viruses in Livestock Production. Bacteriophages Discovery and Environmental Application. Detection of Enteric Viruses in Foods and Food-Processing Environments. Concentration and Detection of Enteric Viruses in Aqueous Samples. Management of Microbiological Contaminants in Shellfish Growing Areas: Current Practices and Future Directions with a Focus on Viruses. Virus Removal and Inactivation. Quantitative Virus Risk Assessment in Food, Water and the Environment.