Shellfish-Borne Viral Outbreaks: A Systematic Review

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-23

  Bellou, M ^a   Kokkinos, P ^a   Vantarakis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Consumption; Outbreak; Sewage; Shellfish; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRUS; CLAM; COCKLE; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; KOBUVIRUS; MUSSEL; NOROVIRUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SHELLFISH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE; SCOPUS;

EID: 84874795336     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-012-9097-6     Document Type: Review

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