Cryptosporidium oocysts and giardia cysts on salad products irrigated with contaminated water

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1138-1140

  Amorós, Inmaculada ^a   Alonso, José L ^a   Cuesta, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; LACTUCA; PROTOZOA;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; GIARDIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTUCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GIARDIA; HUMANS; LETTUCE; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLES; WATER;

EID: 77954647827     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.6.1138     Document Type: Article

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