Occurrence of hepatitis A and E and norovirus GI and GII in ready-to-eat vegetables in Italy

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 249, Issue , 2017, Pages 61-65

  Terio, V ^a   Bottaro, M ^a   Pavoni, E ^b   Losio, M N ^b   Serraino, A ^c   Giacometti, F ^c   Martella, V ^a   Mottola, A ^a   Di Pinto, A ^a   Tantillo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Green vegetables; Molecular methods; Viruses

Indexed keywords

VALERIAN;

ARTICLE; ENTERIC VIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS GI; NOROVIRUS GII; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALAD; SALMONELLA; SPINACH; VEGETABLE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NOROVIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 85015676526     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.03.008     Document Type: Article

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