Prevalence and relative risk of Cronobacter spp., Salmonella spp., and listeria monocytogenes associated with the body surfaces and guts of individual filth flies

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7891-7902

  Pava Ripoll, Monica ^a   Pearson, Rachel E Goeriz ^a   Miller, Amy K ^a   Ziobro, George C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY PARTS; BODY SURFACE; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONOCYTOGENES; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PCR AMPLIFICATION; RELATIVE RISKS; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA SPP; TAXONOMIC KEYS; URBAN AREAS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; BODY CONDITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY SURFACE; CHEMISTRY; CRONOBACTER; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOLOGY; HOUSE FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY SURFACE AREA; CARRIER STATE; CRONOBACTER; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOUSEFLIES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CALLIPHORIDAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84868629647     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02195-12     Document Type: Article

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