Risk assessment of Vibrio vulnificus in raw oysters: interpretative summary and technical report.
Published jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

(Microbiological risk assessment series No. 8)

1. Vibrio vulnificus – growth & development 2. Vibrio vulnificus – pathogenicity 3. Oysters – microbiology 4. Oysters – pathogenicity. 5. Risk assessment 6. Food contamination I. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations II. World Health Organization III. Title IV. Series.

ISBN 92 4 156310 9 (WHO) (NLM classification: QW 141)
ISBN 92 5 105423 1 (FAO)
ISSN 1726-5274

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