Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157 and other verocytotoxin-producing E. coli in retail raw meats in the Netherlands

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1267-1272

  Heuvelink, Annet E ^a,c   Wernars, Karel ^b   De Boer, Enne ^a  

^a Inspectorate for Health Protection   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3M Petrifilm(TM) Test Kit HEC; Escherichia coli O157; PCR; raw meats; VTEC

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030465335     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-59.12.1267     Document Type: Article

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