Emetic disease caused by bacillus cereus after consumption of tuna fish in a beach club

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 835-837

  Doménech Sánchez, Antonio ^a,b   Laso, Elena ^a   Pérez, María José ^a   Berrocal, Clara Isabel ^a  

^a Saniconsult Ibérica SL ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOKING; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; TUNA; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COOKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; SEAFOOD; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TUNA; VOMITING;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALVIA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 79959900400     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0783     Document Type: Article

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