E. coli O157:H7 and other toxigenic strains: the curse of global food distribution

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Bavaro, Mary F ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; EHEC; Enterohemorrhagic; Enterotoxigenic; ETEC; FoodNet; INFOSAN; Non O157 E .coli; PulseNet; Shiga toxin; STEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; PREVALENCE; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINES; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84865653324     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: 1534312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-012-0264-6     Document Type: Article

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