Microbiological and molecular investigation of an increase of human listeriosis in Belgium, 2006-2007

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 5-

  Yde, M ^a   Botteldoorn, N ^a   Bertrand, S ^a   Collard, J M ^a   Dierick, K ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMON; SEPTICEMIA; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 77952518318     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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