Sampling strategies for virus detection in foods, food-processing environments, water and air

Viruses in Food and Water: Risks, Surveillance and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 79-96

  Rzezutka, A ^a   Carducci, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air; Enteric viruses; Food chain monitoring; Sampling strategies; Surfaces; Water monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892719666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857098870.2.79     Document Type: Chapter

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