Generic Escherichia coli contamination of spinach at the preharvest stage: Effects of farm management and environmental factors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4347-4358

  Park, Sangshin ^a   Navratil, Sarah ^b,c   Gregory, Ashley ^d   Bauer, Arin ^d   Srinath, Indumathi ^a,e   Jun, Mikyoung ^f   Szonyi, Barbara ^a   Nightingale, Kendra ^b,c   Anciso, Juan ^d   Ivanek, Renata ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FARM MANAGEMENT; FECAL CONTAMINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MULTI VARIABLES; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PORTABLE TOILETS;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; WATER POLLUTION;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANGIOSPERM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SPINACH; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TEXAS;

COLORADO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84879808079     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00474-13     Document Type: Article

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