Fluctuation in contamination dynamics of L. monocytogenes in quargel (acid curd cheese) lots recalled during the multinational listeriosis outbreak 2009/2010

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 326-331

  Schoder, Dagmar ^a   Rossmanith, Peter ^a   Glaser, Katrin ^a   Wagner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cheese; Contamination; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Outbreak; Quargel

Indexed keywords

ACID CURD CHEESE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MARKET; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLAND; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHELF LIFE; SLOVAKIA; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRIA; CHEESE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GERMANY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; POLAND; PRODUCT RECALLS AND WITHDRAWALS; SLOVAKIA; TEMPERATURE;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84863874021     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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