Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis: A review of hazard characterisation for use in microbiological risk assessment of foods

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-33

  McLauchlin, J ^a   Mitchell, R T ^a   Smerdon, W J ^a   Jewell, K ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMPDEN BRI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hazard characterisation; Human listeriosis; Listeria monocytogenes; Microbiological risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INTERNALIN A; INTERNALIN B; LISTERIOLYSIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P60; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; WATER;

ABSCESS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AEROSOL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS WASTAGE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA GRAYI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; LISTERIOSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERITONITIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POULTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SEWAGE; SEX RATIO; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 1642345296     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(03)00326-X     Document Type: Article

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