Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in foods

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1721-1736

  Mathusa, Emily C ^a   Chen, Yuhuan ^a   Enache, Elena ^a   Hontz, Lloyd ^a  

^a Grocery Manufacturers Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78049425053     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.9.1721     Document Type: Review

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