Have foodborne parasites finally become a global concern?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 101-103

  Robertson, Lucy J ^a   van der Giessen, Joke W B ^b   Batz, Michael B ^c   Kojima, Mina ^d   Cahill, Sarah ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EPIDEMIC; EPILEPSY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LETTER; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREMATODIASIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84874262213     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.12.004     Document Type: Letter

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