Cryptosporidium and Giardia in commercial and non-commercial oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and water from the Oosterschelde, the Netherlands

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Schets, Franciska M ^a   van den Berg, Harold H J L ^a   Engels, George B ^a   Lodder, Willemijn J ^a   de Roda Husman, Ana Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Detection; Giardia; Oysters; Shellfish; Water

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA; INTESTINE PARASITE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OOCYST; OYSTER; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GIARDIA; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OOCYSTS; OSTREIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHELLFISH;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO;

EID: 33845897371     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.06.031     Document Type: Article

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