Listeria monocytogenes persistence in food-associated environments: Epidemiology, strain characteristics, and implications for public health

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 150-170

  Ferreira, V ^a,b   Wiedmann, M ^b   Teixeira, P ^a   Stasiewicz, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84892772522     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-150     Document Type: Review

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