Introduction into Japan of pathogenic Yersinia through imported pork, beef and fowl

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-212

  Fukushima, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshina, Ken ^a   Itogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Gomyoda, Manabu ^a  

^a Public Health Institute of Shimane Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef; Chicken; Pig; Pork; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOWL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MEAT; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SWINE; TAIWAN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MEAT; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SWINE; TAIWAN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030971855     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(96)01223-8     Document Type: Article

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