Risk assessment in shellfish-borne outbreaks of hepatitis A

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7350-7355

  Pintó, Rosa M ^a   Costafreda, M Isabel ^a   Bosch, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID EXTRACTION; CRITICAL LIMIT; DOSE-RESPONSE MODELS; EXPOSURE DOSE; FINISHED PRODUCTS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN HEALTH; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RANDOM SAMPLING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

HEALTH RISKS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS ENZYME;

BIVALVE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HARVEST; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; VIRAL LOAD;

BIVALVIA; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 12;

EID: 72949105598     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01177-09     Document Type: Article

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