date:May 03, 2013
ate in the toxicology programme of the Food Safety and Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at Texas AM.
Ms Praveen said she and the other researchers also chose the viral pathogens as opposed to bacterial as they were more difficult to treat and also require a host species.
Bivalves such as oysters are also filter feeders that obtain their food by pumping water through their system and filtering small organisms, she said. This can lead to the possible accumulation of NoV and HAV viral pathog