Wild boars as an important reservoir for foodborne pathogens

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-312

  Wacheck, Silke ^a   Fredriksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a   König, Martin ^b   Stolle, Andreas ^a   Stephan, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Veterinary Affairs Service (SCAV)   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SAMPLING; SEROTYPE; SWITZERLAND; TONSIL; WILD BOAR; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; SUS SCROFA; SWITZERLAND; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA VENEZIANA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77649276413     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0367     Document Type: Article

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