Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp. contamination patterns in retail delicatessen establishments in three U.S. states

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1929-1939

  Simmons, Courtenay ^a   Stasiewicz, Matthew J ^a   Wright, Emily ^a   Warchocki, Steven ^a   Roof, Sherry ^a   Kause, Janell R ^b   Bauer, Nathan ^b   Ibrahim, Salam ^c   Wiedmann, Martin ^a   Oliver, Haley F ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI;

ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAT; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEAT PRODUCTS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911382036     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-183     Document Type: Article

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