Listeria

Foodborne Infections and Intoxications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 199-216

  Wang, Siyun ^a   Orsi, Renato H ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental persistence; Foodborne pathogen; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Molecular subtyping; Ready to eat (RTE) food; Real time PCR; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884014188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416041-5.00011-1     Document Type: Chapter

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