Chicken meat is clearly the most important source of human Campylobacter infection in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 44-47

  Baker, Michael ^a,b   Wilson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FOOD CHAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEAT; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

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EID: 34548187506     PISSN: 11710195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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