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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

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Academic resources

Periodicals

• International Journal of Food Microbiology, ISSN: 0168-1605, Elsevier
• Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, ISSN: 1535-3141, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
• Mycopathologia, ISSN: 1573-0832 (electronic) 0301-486X (paper), Springer

Books

• Advances in Food Mycology (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) (2006) by A.D. Hocking et al., ISBN-13: 978-0387283913 (electronic) 978-0387283852 (paper), Springer
• Foodborne Infections and Intoxications (2006) by Hans P. Riemann and Dean O. Cliver, ISBN 012588365X, Elsevier
• Foodborne Pathogens: Microbiology And Molecular Biology (2005) by Pina M. Fratamico et al., ISBN-10: 190445500X ISBN-13: 978-1904455004, Caister Academic Press

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External Links

• Surveillance for Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks --- United States, 1998--2002
• Foodborne diseases, emerging, WHO, Fact sheet N°124, revised January 2002
• Food safety and foodborne illness, WHO, Fact sheet N°237, revised January 2002
• UK Health protection Agency
• US PulseNet
• Nottingham Trent University Foodborne illness research data
• Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.)
• Medline
• UK NHS Information
• The World Health Organization
• The United States FDA
• Genome information for some of the organisms causing foodborne illness (diarrheagenic E. coli and Salmonella) is available from the NIAID Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center (ERIC)