Prevalence and characterization of Vibrio cholerae isolated from shrimp products imported into Denmark

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 694-697

  Dalsgaard, Anders ^a   Bjergskov, Thyra ^b   Jeppesen, Vibeke From ^c   JØrgensen, Lars Bo ^c   Echeverria, Peter ^d   Dalsgaard, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Microbiology Section   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

cholera toxin; heat stable enterotoxin; seafood; serology; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029764885     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.7.694     Document Type: Article

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