Features of Salmonella serovars among food handlers in Kyushu, Japan

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-159

  Murakami, Koichi ^a   Ishihara, Tatsuo ^b   Horikawa, Kazumi ^a   Oda, Takahiro ^c  

^a FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CRC Inc   (Japan)

^c Yamamura Gakuen College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food handler; Food hygiene; S. Serovar enteritidis; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 34250827924     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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