Prevalence of major foodborne pathogens in food confiscated from air passenger luggage

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 209, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-12

  Schoder, Dagmar ^a,b   Strauß, Anja ^a   Szakmary Brändle, Kati ^a   Stessl, Beatrix ^a   Schlager, Sabine ^c   Wagner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Veterinarians Without Borders ^*  (Austria)

^c AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airport; Bush meat; Coagulase positive staphylococci; Listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella spp.; Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC)

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; CAMPYLOBACTER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMAL; AUSTRIA; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL;

AIRPORTS; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRAVEL;

EID: 84946828007     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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