Quantitative risk assessment of human listeriosis from consumption of soft cheese made from raw milk

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 129-145

  Bemrah, N ^a   Sanaa, M ^a   Cassin, M H ^b   Griffiths, M W ^c   Cerf, O ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b Decisionalysis Risk Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle microbiological diseases; Listeria monocytogenes; Milk; Monte Carlo simulation; Quantitative risk assessment; Soft cheese

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEESE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CHEESE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032238037     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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