Prevalence of Shiga toxin Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Salmonella enterica</i> and <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> at Public Access Watershed Sites in a California Central Coast Agricultural Region

Produce contaminated with enteric pathogens is a major source of foodborne illness in the United States. Lakes, streams, rivers, and ponds were sampled with Moore swabs bi-monthly for over two years at 30 locations in the vicinity of a leafy green growing region on the Central California Coast and s...

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Main Authors: Michael B Cooley, Beatriz eQuiñones, David eOryang, Robert E. Mandrell, Lisa eGorski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00030/full