The Epidemiology of Escherichia Coli O157: H7

Microbial Food Safety in Animal Agriculture: Current Topics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-142

  Sargeant, Jan M ^a   Smith, David R ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470752616.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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