Survival of calicivirus in foods and on surfaces: Experiments with feline calicivirus as a surrogate for norovirus

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 500-503

  Mattison, K ^a   Karthikeyan, K ^a   Abebe, M ^b   Malik, N ^a   Sattar, S A ^c   Farber, J M ^a   Bidawid, S ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LACTUCA; NOROVIRUS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VEGETABLE; VESIVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRUS, FELINE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; NOROVIRUS; STAINLESS STEEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33847175198     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.2.500     Document Type: Article

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