Temperature-dependent survival of hepatitis A virus during storage of contaminated onions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4976-4983

  Sun, Y ^a   Laird, D T ^a   Shieh, Y C ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RECOVERY; DECIMAL REDUCTION; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; FRESH PRODUCE; GREEN ONION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; INFECTIVITY ASSAY; NATURAL DEGRADATION; PLAQUE ASSAY; POSTHARVEST; PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; STORAGE TIME; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

DEGRADATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRUSES;

CONTAMINATION;

AIR PERMEABILITY; DATA SET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; INFECTIVITY; MOISTURE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ONION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; ONIONS; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

ALLIUM CEPA; HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 84863729124     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00402-12     Document Type: Article

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