Review: Norovirus prevalence in Belgian, Canadian and French fresh produce: A threat to human health?

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-269

  Baert, L ^a   Mattison, K ^b   Loisy Hamon, F ^c   Harlow, J ^b   Martyres, A ^b   Lebeau, B ^c   Stals, A ^a,d   Van Coillie, E ^d   Herman, L ^d   Uyttendaele, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c Ceeram SAS   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Confirmation; Fresh produce; Norovirus; Real time RT PCR; Risk for infection; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; BELGIUM; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; FOOD POISONING; FRANCE; FRUIT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOMATO; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

BELGIUM; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; FRUIT; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEGETABLES; VIROLOGY;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 81055140223     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.09.013     Document Type: Review

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