An outbreak of food poisoning in a kindergarten caused by milk powder containing toxigenic Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis

Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-22

  Pavić, Siniša ^a   Brett, Moira ^b   Petrić, Ivo ^a   Laštre, Danja ^a   Smoljanović, Mladen ^a   Atkinson, Marion ^b   Kovačić, Ana ^a   Cetinić, Elizabeta ^a   Ropac, Darko ^a  

^a Public Health Institute of Split and Dalmatia County   (Croatia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ROTAVIRUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 14844291575     PISSN: 0003925X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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