A quantitative microbial risk assessment for meatborne Toxoplasma gondii infection in The Netherlands

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 103-114

  Opsteegh, Marieke ^a,b   Prickaerts, Saskia ^a,c   Frankena, Klaas ^c   Evers, Eric G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite concentration; Consumption data; Foodborne; Meat; Public health; Source attribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEEF; BRADYZOITE; CATTLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FREEZING; HEATING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MEAT; MOUSE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PORK; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; MICE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

BOS; MUS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84860415616     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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