Use of FRNA bacteriophages to indicate the risk of norovirus contamination in irish oysters

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2358-2362

  Flannery, John ^a   Keaveney, Sinéad ^a   Doré, William ^a  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 70449591581     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.11.2358     Document Type: Article

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