Emetic Bacillus cereus are more volatile than thought: Recent foodborne outbreaks and prevalence studies in bavaria (2007-2013)

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Messelhäusser, Ute ^a   Frenzel, Elrike ^b,c   Blöchinger, Claudia ^c   Zucker, Renate ^a   Kämpf, Peter ^a   Ehling Schulz, Monika ^b  

^a BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREULIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIC; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOMITING; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETICS; GERMANY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GERMANY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMITING;

EID: 84901817440     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/465603     Document Type: Article

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