date:Sep 04, 2013
peutics, and vaccines), the ease of world travel and increased global interdependence have added layers of complexity to containing these infectious diseases that affect not only the health but the economic stability of societies.
Not all emerging pathogens will use food and waterborne transmission sources, but enough do to make emerging pathogens every bit as important a food-safety issue as epidemiology or surveillance.
The college textbook definition for emerging pathogens includes any bact