Q fever through consumption of unpasteurised milk and milk products - a risk profile and exposure assessment

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1083-1095

  Gale, P ^a   Kelly, L ^a   Mearns, R ^a   Duggan, J ^b   Snary, E L ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Cheese; Exposure; Q fever; Risk assessment; Transmission; Unpasteurised milk

Indexed keywords

CHEESES;

COXIELLUM BURNETII; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MILK PRODUCTS; Q FEVER; RISK EXPOSURE; RISK PROFILE; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPASTEURIZED MILK;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AEROSOL; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MATURATION; MILK; PH; PIG; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUMINANT; SIMULATION;

BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY PRODUCT; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INHALATION; LIVESTOCK; MILK; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PH; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNPASTEURISED MILK; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; GREAT BRITAIN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAVIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MILK; PASTEURIZATION; Q FEVER; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84926523027     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12778     Document Type: Review

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