Virological analysis of shellfish for food safety and control

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-139

  Carducci, A ^a   Lucchesi, N ^a   Casini, B ^a   Mazzoni, F ^a   Liaci, D ^b   Verani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Faecal contamination; Human viruses; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FISHERIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; RELIABILITY; VIRUSES;

FOOD SAFETY; SHELLFISH;

WATER QUALITY;

SEA WATER;

FOOD SAFETY; SHELLFISH; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEA FOOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 4344703434     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0040     Document Type: Article

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