Statistical models in epidemiolgy and quantitative microbial risk assessment applied to salmonella in pork

This doctoral dissertation is motivated by the METZOON project (R-04/003-METZOON) funded by the Belgian Federal Public Service of Health, Food Chain Safety, and Environment (FPS). METZOON is an acronym for the development of a methodology for quantitative assessment of zoonotic risks in Belgium applied to Salmonella in pork. In this introductory chapter, we ¯rst motivate and introduce in more detail the METZOON-project and provide some background information on salmonellosis and the quantitative microbial risk assessment methodology in the subsequent sections. In the last section, we outline the organization of the thesis.

Publication year:2009

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