Prevalence and levels of bacillus cereus emetic toxin in rice dishes randomly collected from restaurants and comparison with the levels measured in a recent foodborne outbreak

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 809-814

  Delbrassinne, Laurence ^a,b   Andjelkovic, Mirjana ^a   Dierick, Katelijne ^a   Denayer, Sarah ^a   Mahillon, Jacques ^b   Van Loco, Joris ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREULIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BELGIUM; CATERING SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BELGIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROTOXINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; RESTAURANTS; SEEDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 84867001194     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1168     Document Type: Article

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