Listeria monocytogenes serotypes in human infections (Italy, 2000-2010)

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-150

  Pontello, Mirella ^a   Guaita, Anna ^a   Sala, Giuliana ^a   Cipolla, Micaela ^a   Gattuso, Antonietta ^b   Sonnessa, Michele ^b   Gianfranceschi, Monica Virginia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Serotypes; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863304854     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_02_07     Document Type: Review

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