Following an imaginary Campylobacter population from farm to fork and beyond: A bacterial perspective

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-263

  Wassenaar, Trudy M ^a  

^a Molecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Camp. coli; Campylobacter jejuni; Chicken; Poultry; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FARMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; CAMP.; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTERS; CHICKEN; COLI; POULTRY MEAT; SINGLE SOURCE; VIRULENCE;

CHAINS;

SALMONELLOSIS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; DIARRHEA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VIRULENCE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 80051664957     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03121.x     Document Type: Review

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