Norovirus Contamination of Bell Pepper from Handling During Harvesting and Packing

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-217

  León Félix, Josefina ^a   Martínez Bustillos, Rosa A ^a   Báez Sañudo, Manuel ^a   Peraza Garay, Felipe ^b   Chaidez, Cristóbal ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Green bell pepper; Norovirus; Packinghouse operations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELL PEPPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; HARVESTING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 78650452255     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-010-9048-z     Document Type: Article

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