Recovery of Mycobacterium bovis from soft fresh cheese originating in Mexico

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1025-1028

  Harris, N Beth ^a,h   Payeur, Janet ^a   Bravo, Doris ^a   Osorio, Ruben ^a   Stuber, Tod ^a   Farrell, David ^a   Paulson, Debra ^b   Treviso, Scarlett ^c   Mikolon, Andrea ^c   Rodriguez Lainz, Alfonso ^d   Cernek Hoskins, Shannon ^d   Rast, Robert ^e   Ginsberg, Michele ^f,g   Kinde, Hailu ^b  

^a National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^h UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DISEASES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

HUMAN TUBERCULOSIS; INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SOFT FRESH CHEESE;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; FOOD; RECOVERY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEESE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INFECTION RATE; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHEESE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 33846917158     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01956-06     Document Type: Article

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