Tracing enteric viruses in the European berry fruit supply chain

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-185

  Maunula, Leena ^a   Kaupke, Agnieszka ^b   Vasickova, Petra ^c   Söderberg, Kirsi ^a   Kozyra, Iwona ^b   Lazic, Sava ^d   van der Poel, Wim H M ^e   Bouwknegt, Martijn ^f   Rutjes, Saskia ^f   Willems, Kris A ^g,h   Moloney, Rita ⁱ   D'Agostino, Martin ^j   de Roda Husman, Ana Maria ^f   von Bonsdorff, Carl Henrik ^a   Rzezutka, Artur ^b   Pavlik, Ivo ^c   Petrovic, Tamas ^d   Cook, Nigel ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d Department for Virusology Novi Sad Scientific Veterinary Institute   (Serbia)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h Scientia Terrae Research Institute   (Belgium)

ⁱ HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^j FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Berry fruit; Food monitoring; Foodborne viruses; HAdV; NoV; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BERRY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENTERIC VIRUS; FECES; FINLAND; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GROWING SEASON; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; POLAND; POLYOMA VIRUS; PORCINE ADENOVIRUS; RASPBERRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANITATION; SERBIA; STRAWBERRY; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINE POLYOMAVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; PORCINE ADENOVIRUS;

BERRY FRUIT; FOOD MONITORING; FOODBORNE VIRUSES; HADV; NOV; REAL-TIME PCR;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, PORCINE; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HAND; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; POLAND; POLYOMAVIRUS; SERBIA; SWINE; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84885802323     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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