Outbreak of an acute aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004: Identification of the causal agent

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2762-2764

  Probst, Claudia ^a   Njapau, Henry ^b   Cotty, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; CROPS; FUNGUS ATTACK;

AFLATOXICOSES; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CAUSAL AGENTS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

AFLATOXIN;

DISEASE SPREAD; FOOD POISONING; FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAIZE; TOXIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFLATOXICOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INTOXICATION; KENYA; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; KENYA; MYCOTOXICOSIS; ZEA MAYS;

CORN; DISEASES; FUNGI;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34247599417     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02370-06     Document Type: Article

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