Norovirus Cross-Contamination during Food Handling and Interruption of Virus Transfer by Hand Antisepsis: Experiments with Feline Calicivirus as a Surrogate

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-109

  Bidawid, S ^a   Malik, N ^a   Adegbunrin, O ^b   Sattar, S A ^b   Farber, J M ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALICIVIRIDAE; FELIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; LACTUCA; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 0346965806     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.1.103     Document Type: Article

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