Control of the risk of human toxoplasmosis transmitted by meat

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1359-1370

  Kijlstra, Aize ^a,b   Jongert, Erik ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food safety; Meat; Parasite inactivation; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

OVILIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; IRRADIATION; MEAT; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FARM ANIMAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEATING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GOATS; HORSES; HUMANS; MEAT; POULTRY; SWINE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 51449108123     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.06.002     Document Type: Review

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