Contamination of carcasses with human pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica 4/O:3 Originates from pigs infected on farms

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 681-688

  Laukkanen, Riikka ^a   Martínez, Pilar Ortiz ^a   Siekkinen, Kirsi Maarit ^b   Ranta, Jukka ^b   Maijala, Riitta ^a,c   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUCKLING; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 70349303038     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0265     Document Type: Article

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