Quantitative farm-to-fork risk assessment model for norovirus and hepatitis A virus in European leafy green vegetable and berry fruit supply chains

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-58

  Bouwknegt, Martijn ^a   Verhaelen, Katharina ^a,b   Rzezutka, Artur ^c   Kozyra, Iwona ^c   Maunula, Leena ^d   von Bonsdorff, Carl Henrik ^d   Vantarakis, Apostolos ^e   Kokkinos, Petros ^e   Petrovic, Tamas ^f   Lazic, Sava ^f   Pavlik, Ivo ^g   Vasickova, Petra ^g   Willems, Kris A ^h   Havelaar, Arie H ^a,b   Rutjes, Saskia A ^a   de Roda Husman, Ana Maria ^a,b  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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

^g VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intervention; Lettuce; QMRA; Raspberries; Strawberries; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN; FOOD QUALITY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LETTUCE; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; RASPBERRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; WATER QUALITY; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FRUIT; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; LACTUCA; NOROVIRUS; RUBUS GLAUCUS;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FRUIT; HAND HYGIENE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; LETTUCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOROVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84921292751     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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