Persistence of human norovirus in reconstituted pesticides - Pesticide application as a possible source of viruses in fresh produce chains

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-328

  Verhaelen, Katharina ^a,b   Bouwknegt, Martijn ^a   Rutjes, Saskia A ^a   de Roda Husman, Ana Maria ^a,b  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fresh produce; Health risk; Norovirus; Persistence; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; VIRUS RNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

MURINE NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84871980777     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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