Relating Numbers of Foodborne Pathogens to Human Illness: Question and Answer Sessions - Sita Tatini, PhD
Food Safety Initiative Technical Workshop:
Relating Numbers of Foodborne Pathogens to Human Illness
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Tuesday, August
4, 1998
Atrium, Stamp
Student Union
University
of Maryland
College Park,
MD
Question and Answer Sessions
Sita Tatini, PhD
QUESTIONER: Does clustering affect virulence?
DR. TATINI: Well, I can't answer that question. But if there is a cluster and you don't know it, you think you're introducing one organism and that's going to affect the severity of the illness, would it not? If you think you've had one cell but indeed it is a cluster of 100,000 organisms. So I'm not sure I can answer your question.
I don't think the virulence
would be affected. Virulence is a property of a single organism.
