Listeriosis outbreaks in British Columbia, Canada, caused by soft ripened cheese contaminated from environmental sources

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  McIntyre, Lorraine ^a   Wilcott, Lynn ^a   Naus, Monika ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIRD; CANADA; CHEESE; CHILD; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSONNEL; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PASTEURIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHEESE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MILK; PASTEURIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928331351     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/131623     Document Type: Article

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