Collaborative Evaluation of Two Methods for the Detection of Shigella sonnei in Oysters and Young Corn

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Miyahara, Michiko ^a   Matsushita, Shigeru ^b   Kai, Akemi ^b   Tamura, Kazumichi ^c   Terajima, Jun ^c   Kobayashi, Kazuhiro ^d   Murase, Minoru ^e   Yanagawa, Keiko ^f   Nishina, Tokuhiro ^g   Miyahara, Makoto ^a   Konuma, Hirotaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

^f Saitama Prefectural Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^g TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collaborative evaluation; Oyster; Shigella sonnei; Storage temperature; Young corn

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FREEZING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); STATISTICAL METHODS;

DETECTION RATES;

BIOCONTROL;

AGAR;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION OF ANALYTICAL COMMUNITIES METHOD; BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYTICAL MANUAL METHOD; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORN; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FOOD FREEZING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OSTREIDAE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0346157225     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.8.177     Document Type: Article

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