Harmonised Investigation of the Occurrence of Human Enteric Viruses in the Leafy Green Vegetable Supply Chain in Three European Countries

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 179-191

  Kokkinos, P ^a   Kozyra, I ^b   Lazic, S ^c   Bouwknegt, M ^d   Rutjes, S ^d   Willems, K ^e,f   Moloney, R ^g   de Roda Husman, A M ^d   Kaupke, A ^b   Legaki, E ^a   D'Agostino, M ^h   Cook, N ^h   Rzezutka, A ^b   Petrovic, T ^c   Vantarakis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c SCIENTIFIC VETERINARY INSTITUTE NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f Scientia Terrae Research Institute   (Belgium)

^g HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^h FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food borne virus; Leafy vegetables; Molecular detection; Virological quality

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ENTERIC VIRUS; EUROPE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; GREECE; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; PLANT LEAVES; POLAND; POLYOMAVIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERBIA; SWINE; VEGETABLES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINE POLYOMAVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; PORCINE ADENOVIRUS;

EID: 84870470460     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-012-9087-8     Document Type: Article

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