Foodborne pathogens

AIMS Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 529-563

  Bintsis, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

foodborne outbreaks; foodborne pathogens; pathogenic bacteria; pathogenic parasites; pathogenic viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85186416914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24711888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2017.3.529     Document Type: Review

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