Foodborne viral illness - Status in Australia

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 127-136

  Fleet, Graham H ^a   Heiskanen, Paul ^a   Reid, Iona ^a   Buckle, Ken A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Food; Gastroenteritis; Hepatitis A; Norwalk virus; Virus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ASTROVIRUS; AUSTRALIA; ENTERIC VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; OYSTER; PARVOVIRUS; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MAMASTROVIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ASTROVIRIDAE; DNA VIRUSES; ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS; NORWALK-LIKE VIRUS; OSTREIDAE; PARVOVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0034713915     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00249-X     Document Type: Article

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