Prevalence of enteropathogenic Yersinia in Estonian, latvian, and russian (Leningrad Region) pigs

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 719-724

  Martínez, Pilar Ortiz ^a   Fredrlksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a,b   Sokolova, Yulia ^c   Roasto, Mati ^d   Berzins, Alvars ^a,e   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Federal State Agency   (Russian Federation)

^d ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^e LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ESTONIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATVIA; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROTYPING; SWINE; YERSINIA INFECTION;

SUIDAE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ESTONIA; HUMANS; LATVIA; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIA; SEROTYPING; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349320075     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0251     Document Type: Article

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