The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2013

EFSA Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

 

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; food borne outbreaks; Listeria; monitoring; parasites; Salmonella; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070568472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2015.3991     Document Type: Article

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