Escherichia coli O157:H7 as an emerging foodborne pathogen: A literature review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 481-502

  Park, Sungsu ^a   Worobo, Randy W ^a   Durst, Richard A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS;

EID: 0033226922     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408699991279259     Document Type: Review

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