Low occurrence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in clinical, food, and environmental samples: A methodological problem

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 220-229

  Fredriksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a,b,c   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Institute of Hygiene and Technology of Food of Animal Origin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0037399430     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.16.2.220-229.2003     Document Type: Review

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