Monitoring and identification of human enteropathogenic Yersinia spp. - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards

EFSA Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

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Author keywords

biotype; characterisation methods; detections; monitoring; serotype; survey; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis; yersiniosis

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EID: 85078378922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2007.595     Document Type: Article

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