Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes and other listerias in Italian-made soft cheeses

Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-68

  Pinto, Barbara ^a   Reali, Daniela ^a  

^a Dip Sanità Pubblica e Biostatistica   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEESE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK; SEROTYPING;

CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; ITALY; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; RISK; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0030275552     PISSN: 09348859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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