Foodborne spread of hepatitis A: Recent studies on virus survival, transfer and inactivation

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-163

  Sattar, Syed A ^a   Tetro, Jason ^a   Bidawid, Sabah ^b   Farber, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food handlers; Foodborne diseases; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis A virus; Virus inactivation; Virus survival; Virus transfer

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; SURVIVAL; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033917243     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2000/805156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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