Virus-contaminated oysters: A three-month monitoring of oysters imported to Switzerland

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2292-2297

  Beuret, Christian ^a,d   Baumgartner, Andreas ^b   Schluep, Jakob ^c  

^a Cant Food Laboratory of Solothurn   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^d Labor Spiez   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; TISSUE; VIRUSES;

VIRUS-CONTAMINATED OYSTERS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

FOOD SAFETY; SHELLFISH; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; RISK FACTOR; SHELLFISH; SWITZERLAND; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; ENTEROVIRUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NARCISSUS LATENT VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS; OSTREIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0037394893     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2292-2297.2003     Document Type: Article

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