Food-borne diseases are estimated at 76 million illnesses and 5000 deaths every year in the United States with the greatest burden on young children, the elderly and immunocompromised populations. The impact of efficient food distribution systems and a truly global food supply ensures that outbreaks, previously sporadic and contained locally, are far more widespread and emerging pathogens have ...

Food-borne diseases are the main problem particularly in developing countries and cause the majority of illness and death around the World. Food is the most important vehicle that transmits microorganisms to human (Vernam, 1991). Among these micro-organisms salmonellae still a major cause of food-borne human diseases (Soultose et al., 2003; Carraminana et al., 2004). Poultry and poultry product...

The epidemiology of vector-borne diseases is governed by a structured array of correlative and causative factors, including landscape (for example, rural versus urban), abiotic (for example, weather), and biotic (for example, food web) factors. Studies of mosquito-borne diseases rarely address these multiple factors at large spatial scales, which limits insights into how human alterations of la...

Bacteriophages (also called ‘phage’) were first time isolated in early 1900’s. Until late 1930s, they were used to treat infectious diseases in different parts of the world. Improper use of phages and understandable formulations of phage particles reduced the use of phage therapy association with discovering the antibiotics. In recent years, antibiotic resistance is widespread in the world. Als...