Detection of cyclospora, cryptosporidium, and giardia in ready-to-eat packaged leafy greens in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-313

  Dixon, Brent ^a   Parrington, Lorna ^a   Cook, Angela ^b   Pollari, Frank ^b   Farber, Jeffrey ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GIARDIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTUCE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FAST FOODS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GIARDIA; HUMANS; LETTUCE; ONTARIO; OOCYSTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84874094834     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-282     Document Type: Article

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