"Preharvest" food safety for Escherichia coli O157 and other pathogenic Shiga toxin-producing strains

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Besser, Thomas E ^a   Schmidt, Carrie E ^a   Shah, Devendra H ^a   Shringi, Smriti ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84958811708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.EHEC-0021-2013     Document Type: Article

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