Short communication: Prevalence of IgG against hepatitis E virus, Salmonella spp., and Toxoplasma gondii in meat juice samples from wild boars hunted in Southern Italy

Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 141-144

  Sarno, Eleonora ^a   Costanzo, Nicola ^b   Quaranta, Vincenzo ^c   Santoro, Adriano Michele Luigi ^d   Stephan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

ELISA; Foodborne pathogens; Meat juice; Wild boars

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84923407066     PISSN: 0003925X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0003-925X-65-141     Document Type: Article

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