Norovirus, hepatitis A virus and enterovirus presence in shellfish from high quality harvesting areas in Portugal

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 936-941

  Mesquita, João R ^a,b   Vaz, Lisa ^a   Cerqueira, Sónia ^c   Castilho, Fernanda ^c   Santos, Ricardo ^d   Monteiro, Sílvia ^d   Manso, Carmen F ^e   Romalde, Jesus L ^e   Nascimento, Maria São José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; HAV; Norovirus; Portugal; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROVIRUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLLUSC; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SHELLFISH; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENTEROVIRUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SHELLFISH;

ARCOPAGIA CRASSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERASTODERMA EDULE; DOSINIA EXOLETA; ENSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; MYTILUS; NOROVIRUS; OSTREA EDULIS; SPISULA SOLIDA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 79955807754     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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