Listeriolysin O-based latex agglutination test for the rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes in foods

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1038-1040

  Matar, Ghassan M ^a,b   Hayes, Peggy S ^b   Bibb, William F ^b   Swaminathan, Bala ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Foods; Latex agglutination; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriolysin; Rapid assay

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030868318     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-60.9.1038     Document Type: Article

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