Occurrence of Campylobacter in retail foods in Ireland

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-118

  Whyte, P ^a   McGill, K ^a   Cowley, D ^a   Madden, R H ^b,c   Moran, L ^c   Scates, P ^c   Carroll, C ^d   O'Leary, A ^d   Fanning, S ^a   Collins, J D ^a   McNamara, E ^e   Moore, J E ^f   Cormican, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e Cherry Orchard Hospital Dublin   (Ireland)

^f BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Contamination; Food; Isolation; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SHELLFISH;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; MILK; PREVALENCE; SWINE; TURKEYS;

ANAS SP.; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS; LAMB; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 3342876031     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2003.10.018     Document Type: Article

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