Lessons learned from a Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 4 outbreak in Austria, 2005

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Schmid, Daniela ^a   Luckner Hornischer, Anita ^b   Holzhammer, Gerda ^b   Rokita, Dietmar ^b   Federspiel, Martin ^b   Lassnig, Heimo ^b   Pichler, Anna Margareta ^a   Lederer, Ingeborg ^a   Beranek, Andreas ^a   Kornschober, Christian ^a   Berghold, Christian ^a   Allerberger, Franz ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 33846667607     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.1.35     Document Type: Article

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