Quantitative contamination and transfer of Escherichia coli from foods by houseflies, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae)

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-262

  De Jesús, Antonio J ^a   Olsen, Alan R ^a   Bryce, John R ^a   Whiting, Richard C ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial transfer; Food; Houseflies

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOUSE FLY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; POTATO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT VECTORS; MEAT; MILK; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 2342640145     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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